Associated Press
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 - 00:00
President Juan Manuel Santos dissolved Colombia's DAS domestic intelligence agency, which was caught spying on presidential opponents during the 2002-2010 administration of Alvaro Uribe.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 - 00:00
Arizona authorities have disrupted a Mexican drug cartel's distribution network, arresting dozens of smugglers in dismantling a ring responsible for carrying more than $33 million worth of drugs through the state's western desert every month
Monday, October 31, 2011 - 00:00
Voters on Sunday elected former leftist rebel and anti-corruption crusader Gustavo Petro as mayor of Bogota
Monday, October 31, 2011 - 00:00
Almost half of the cocaine that reaches the United States is now offloaded somewhere along the country's coast and heavily forested interior — a total of 20 to 25 tons each month
Monday, October 31, 2011 - 00:00
The hacker group, which has claimed responsibility for attacks on corporate and government websites worldwide, supposedly will act Friday if the kidnapped activist is not freed or is harmed
Monday, October 31, 2011 - 00:00
Decenas de denuncias sobre violaciones a los derechos humanos durante la dictadura militar uruguaya de 1973 a 1985 seran presentadas el lunes en la primera consecuencia de la eliminacion de una ley que amnistio a militares, mientras los uniformados prepar
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 00:00
Rights advocates in both countries hope their governments will now reveal more about what really happened
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 00:00
Unlike Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, which also had repressive military regimes, Brazil has never punished military officials accused of human rights abuses
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 00:00
A man arrested on federal drug and immigration charges in South Texas is believed to be the nephew of the former boss of Mexico's Gulf cartel and was a rising player in the drug trafficking network
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 00:00
Saenz, 29, was allegedly in charge of receiving proceeds from drug sales, pirated goods, kidnappings and extortions in five southern states of Mexico