Associated Press
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
"The secretary may announce how we're repackaging some of our own assistance. But ... this is not a donors conference," Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela told reporters.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
Poire told reporters that with Mendez Vargas's arrest, 21 of the country's 37 top drug traffickers have been apprehended or killed since 2009.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
Border officials say they have seized more than a half ton of marijuana in several busts at a major El Paso border crossing.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
President Mauricio Funes says there are a lot of weapons left over from El Salvador's 12-year civil war and that the flow of guns there is "shocking."
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 00:00
Mexico's National Commission on Human Rights said on Monday that 70 journalists have been killed since 2000. In addition, it said 13 have disappeared.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 00:00
A 5,000-strong security force and inmates have engaged in gunbattles at the prison Rodeo I and the adjacent lockup Rodeo II since the military launched a weapons search on Friday
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 00:00
Chavez no longer has the financial ability to promote oil-funded diplomacy the way he did several years ago, and is increasingly consumed with confronting issues such as the blackouts, deadly prison riots and deficiencies in the health care system.
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 00:00
Farmers also blame the government for imposing price controls and export restrictions.
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 00:00
Ipsos-Apoyo says 61 percent of Peruvians prefer Humala model his government after ex-Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Only 11 percent said Humala's government should resemble that of Chavez.
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 00:00
The Defense Department has now agreed to spend $35 million to extend that deployment, set to expire June 30, through the end of September.