Associated Press
Friday, April 5, 2013 - 00:00
Para is among Brazil's most violent and lawless states, notorious for land-related violence, contract killings, slave-like labor conditions and wanton environmental destruction
Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 00:00
Jose Claudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife, Maria, were gunned down near a reserve in the jungle state of Para, where they taught farmers how to use land in a sustainable manner.
Thursday, April 4, 2013 - 00:00
Pinzon said at least two old used and discarded surface-to-air missiles had been found two years ago.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - 00:00
Prosecutor David Medina told a Tuesday news conference that the nightclub's two owners and two band members were charged with murder
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - 00:00
The study by the government's Institute of Applied Economic Research says the homicide rate fell to 20 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2010 from 22 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2003, when the law was passed
Monday, April 1, 2013 - 00:00
Cartel operatives are suspected of running drug-distribution networks in at least nine non-border states, often in middle-class suburbs in the Midwest, South and Northeast.
Friday, March 29, 2013 - 00:00
Her government is reportedly preparing a response that analysts say could lead the country into another catastrophic default
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 00:00
If Reynosa is an example, even the government can't count how many are dying from drug violence.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 00:00
About 24 people began collecting 5,000 signatures in support of their campaign outside the Supreme Court's building in Guatemala City, where Rios Montt is being tried on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 00:00
Indigenous groups in the Pastaza River basin near the Ecuador border have been complaining for years about the pollution and the failure of successive governments to address it.