Associated Press
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 00:00
Peru's new centre-left government is temporarily suspending its modest US-funded coca eradication programme to re-evaluate its strategy.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 00:00
Venezuela's health minister says private hospitals in the South American country have agreed to temporarily freeze their fees.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 00:00
The old system let a Mexican president kill a bill by simply ignoring it.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 00:00
Eight suspected drug cartel gunmen were killed in a shootout early Tuesday with Mexican soldiers in the western state of Michoacan, a government official said.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 00:00
A grenade tossed onto a busy tourist boulevard in the Gulf coast city of Veracruz killed one man and seriously wounded his wife and their two young children, authorities said Monday.
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 00:00
El presidente Hugo Chavez regreso a Venezuela el domingo despues de recibir la segunda ronda de quimioterapia contra el cancer en La Habana y de festejar el 85to cumpleanos del ex gobernante cubano Fidel Castro.
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 00:00
The Mexican navy says three marines and one naval academy cadet have apparently been kidnapped by drug cartels in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 00:00
Mexican soldiers and police officers regularly burst into homes, plant evidence and take people's possessions, the National Human Rights Commission said Friday, adding that the violations have increased as Mexico's war against drug gangs has grown more in
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 00:00
Una redada antidrogas en Venezuela que permitio la incautacion de 1.4 toneladas de cocaina provoco la muerte de dos policias corruptos que presuntamente colaboraban con los narcotraficantes, dijeron las autoridades.
Monday, August 15, 2011 - 00:00
Nearly a dozen people were slain in violent attacks over the weekend in the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco, police said Sunday.