13/07/2017 | Frente Externo
Europe - To handle Trump's isolationism, France takes lessons from World War I
Before leading the US into World War I a century ago, President Wilson won reelection on a familiar slogan: 'America First.' That era's American isolationism bears similarities to that of today.
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09/07/2013 | Frente Externo
Japan to China: Stop trying to change the region by force
China blasted Japan's 'white paper' defense report about its maritime activities as 'untruthful.'
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30/12/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US ex-marine to be released from prison after violating Mexico's strict gun laws
Former US marine Jon Hammar was imprisoned in August for carrying an antique gun into Mexico. Despite record levels of violence, such arms are prohibited without permission from the government.
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22/11/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Violence against women in Latin America: Is it getting worse?
Across Latin America, women are confronting a rise in brutal attacks – as advocates struggle to sustain the progress that's been made in curbing violence against women.
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01/07/2012 | Frente Externo
Paraguay, Mexico - Why Mexico and Paraguay are embracing controversial parties of the past
Both countries voted out single-party systems that ruled their nations for most of the 20th century. But now both are looking to bring back the very same systems they were so relieved to see fall.
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18/06/2012 | Economia y Finanzas
G - 20: Hosting the G20, Mexico is 'Greece no more'
Mexico is increasingly speaking as a world leader as it shed its image as the 'Greece of the '80s and '90s,' when it suffered excruciating debt and monetary crises.
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15/05/2012 | En Parrilla
Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico: three ways to nationalize oil
Argentina's renationalization of its biggest oil company, YPF, recently caused an outcry. But the cases of oil nationalization in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela show that outcomes can vary widely.
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15/05/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Drug War - Massacre in Mexico deepens country's violent image
Forty-nine bodies were dumped on a highway in northern Mexico in the latest example of drug-related violence that is scaring off investors and changing citizens' behavior at home.
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24/10/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Latin America - Latin American police get 'citizen friendly' to fight bad reputation
Latin American police, seen by many in the region as part of the problem rather than the solution to crime, are trying to boost their involvement in and response to their communities.
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23/10/2011 | Economia y Finanzas
New optimism in Cuba about economic reforms, Freedom House study reveals
The Freedom House report on Cuba released today finds that Cubans see real economic change there, and more Cubans now would rather work for themselves than hold once-prized state jobs.
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02/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - Mexican public warming to US military aid in drug war?
Although a broad majority of Mexicans still oppose US troop support to maintain law and order in Mexico, a new survey indicates a growing percentage of the Mexican public support US assistance.
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02/09/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - Mexican public warming to US military aid in drug war?
Although a broad majority of Mexicans still oppose US troop support to maintain law and order in Mexico, a new survey indicates a growing percentage of the Mexican public support US assistance.
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27/08/2011 | Frente Externo
Seven Bolivian Mennonites sentenced to 25 years for rape
Manitoba Colony, a reclusive Mennonite community in Bolivia, was thrust into the spotlight after 130 women and girls accused a group of neighborhood men of attacking them in the middle of the night.
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27/08/2011 | Frente Externo
Seven Bolivian Mennonites sentenced to 25 years for rape
Manitoba Colony, a reclusive Mennonite community in Bolivia, was thrust into the spotlight after 130 women and girls accused a group of neighborhood men of attacking them in the middle of the night.
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05/08/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
The other side of Mexico's drug war successes
The government hailed a long list of recent arrests of drug lords and other criminals, but such events always seem to be paired with a setback or other negative development in the drug war.
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24/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
La Familia drug cartel defeated, says Mexico
La Familia leader, Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, has been arrested and Mexican authorities contend that the group's reign in the state of Michoacán has come to an end.
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24/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
La Familia drug cartel defeated, says Mexico
La Familia leader, Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, has been arrested and Mexican authorities contend that the group's reign in the state of Michoacán has come to an end.
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16/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - US guns fuel Mexico drug war? The politics behind the issue.
A new report shows that 70 percent of confiscated weapons submitted for tracing come from the US, but critics say the figure is politically motivated.
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16/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - US guns fuel Mexico drug war? The politics behind the issue.
A new report shows that 70 percent of confiscated weapons submitted for tracing come from the US, but critics say the figure is politically motivated.
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24/05/2011 | Frente Externo
Honduras - Honduran journalists face increasing threats
Journalists' insecurity is blamed on political polarization, which could grow with the planned return of ousted former President Manuel Zelaya this month.
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24/05/2011 | Frente Externo
Honduras - Honduran journalists face increasing threats
Journalists' insecurity is blamed on political polarization, which could grow with the planned return of ousted former President Manuel Zelaya this month.
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03/04/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Arrest of Guatemala's No. 1 drug-trafficking suspect shows growing US role in region
US and Guatemalan forces Wednesday arrested Juan Ortiz Lopez, known as "Chamale,” a week after President Obama pledged $200 million to combat drug trafficking in the region.
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14/01/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico drug war death toll up 60 percent in 2010. Why?
The government on Wednesday announced that 15,273 people died in the Mexico drug war in 2010.
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21/12/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Prominent politician Diego Fernández de Cevallos freed in Mexico
The release of Diego Fernández de Cevallos, a former presidential candidate who was kidnapped in May, is good news. But Mexicans are deeply concerned about kidnappings, which are up dramatically.
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06/11/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico drug war worsened by organized crime's tight grip on politics
The Mexican government and police efforts in the Mexican drug war are often undermined by the control that organized crime has on the political system.
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28/10/2010 | En Profundidad
Nestor Kirchner's sudden death stuns Argentina
The sudden death of former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner Wednesday from an apparent heart attack has stunned a nation now mourning a man who will be remembered for adeptly steering Argentina out of its economic meltdown of 2001-2002.
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30/09/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Why so many mayors are now targets in Mexican drug war
At least 11 Mexican mayors have been killed this year in assassinations blamed on drug traffickers.
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20/07/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico car bomb: 'Colombianization' of Mexico nearly complete
Last week's Mexico car bomb in the border town of Cuidad Juarez killed three. It is the first known use of a car bomb against authorities and marks a troubling new level of violence in the country's brutal drug war.
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17/06/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico drug war: Has Felipe Calderón lost control?
A Mexico drug war shootout killed more than a dozen people Tuesday in the tourist town of Taxco, just days after police found a mass grave there with 55 bodies.
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07/06/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico drug war doesn't stop Americans from moving south of the border
'As safe as Seattle,' says a transplant to Mérida, Mexico, where there is no sign of the violent drug war waging in the north. Expatriates are fast buying and renovating colonial haciendas.
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03/06/2010 | Medio Ambiente
Geologists study giant Guatemala sinkhole left in wake of Tropical Storm Agatha
Scientists are studying how exactly the giant, cylindrical Guatemala sinkhole was formed, and how to prevent more. Meanwhile, the US is joining relief efforts to help the thousands left homeless by Tropical Storm Agatha.
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17/05/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico manhunt for missing politician Diego Fernandez de Cevallos
Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, a top member of Mexico's ruling party, was declared missing over the weekend after authorities found his car with 'signs of violence.' It comes as drug cartels are increasingly targeting top leaders.
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01/05/2010 | En Profundidad
Why Mexico opposes the Arizona immigration law
Across the political, geographic, and ideological spectrum, Mexicans say they are against the new Arizona immigration law. Some will boycott Arizona. But others worry about loss of income from Mexicans sending home money from jobs in the US.
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25/03/2010 | Frente Externo
OAS reelects Insulza, but is the world's oldest regional group still relevant?
José Miguel Insulza was reelected secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) today. The former Chilean cabinet minister was the only candidate on the ballot, prompting many to ask: Why bother with the vote?.
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16/03/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico killings: President Calderón visits Juarez to tout new social programs
President Felipe Calderón visits Ciudad Juarez today, just days after the Mexico killings of two Americans. He will tout new social programs aimed at improving life in the violence-wracked city.
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09/02/2010 | Sociedad
New face of religion in Latin America
Evangelicalism sweeps through churches, leading some to say that Latin America is emerging as the new center of Christianity.
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25/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Did US law spur Mexico's meth sales?
The US slowed production of meth by cutting off key ingredients. But a blow to US methamphetamine labs became a boon to La Familia drug gang in Mexico.The goal was to curb production of methamphetamine by cutting off key ingredients. It worked: Domestic production of methamphetamine fell. But a blow to meth labs in the United States became, in turn, a boon to a group in Mexico.
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25/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Did US law spur Mexico's meth sales?
The US slowed production of meth by cutting off key ingredients. But a blow to US methamphetamine labs became a boon to La Familia drug gang in Mexico.The goal was to curb production of methamphetamine by cutting off key ingredients. It worked: Domestic production of methamphetamine fell. But a blow to meth labs in the United States became, in turn, a boon to a group in Mexico.
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23/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
The rise of Mexico's La Familia, a narco-evangelist cartel
Mexico and the US are working together bring down Mexico's newest, most violent drug cartel. Last month, 303 alleged La Familia members were arrested in 38 US cities. Fifteen members were indicted Friday in Chicago.
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23/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
The rise of Mexico's La Familia, a narco-evangelist cartel
Mexico and the US are working together bring down Mexico's newest, most violent drug cartel. Last month, 303 alleged La Familia members were arrested in 38 US cities. Fifteen members were indicted Friday in Chicago.
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22/11/2009 | Frente Externo
Nicaragua is latest in Latin America to reject term limits
The most recent Latin American leader to overturn presidential term limits is Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega.Modern Latin American history books have thick chapters on dictators and strongmen (caudillos) who pillaged government coffers, ruled for their own gain, and ruthlessly stamped out all opposition.
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22/11/2009 | Frente Externo
Nicaragua is latest in Latin America to reject term limits
The most recent Latin American leader to overturn presidential term limits is Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega.Modern Latin American history books have thick chapters on dictators and strongmen (caudillos) who pillaged government coffers, ruled for their own gain, and ruthlessly stamped out all opposition.
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28/10/2009 | Economia y Finanzas
Why South American economies are rebounding first
Commodities-hungry China is pulling Brazil, Chile, and others out of recession. But Mexico and Central America, dependent on US sales, are lagging.
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08/10/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico's drug war: priests speak out
In Mexico, traffickers have targeted the Catholic church with extortion and deadly threats.The Rev. Habacuc Hernandez Benitez, a Roman Catholic priest in Guerrero, Mexico, knew the mountain towns of the southwestern state like the back of his hand. He made it his mission to seek young men for the priesthood, driving far and wide to find them.
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06/10/2009 | Frente Externo
Honduran military: An institution against democracy?
This year's Day of the Soldier celebrations in Honduras got a mixed response. The military is now seen as tarnished by its role in the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya.
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22/07/2009 | Frente Externo
Briefing: Was Zelaya's ouster a coup?
Hondurans debate the legality of the forced exile of President Manuel Zelaya.In the early hours of June 28, military forces entered the home of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, put him under arrest, and sent him on a plane to Costa Rica. Leaders from around the world condemned the action as a coup – a "violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group," according to Merriam-Webster.
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22/07/2009 | Frente Externo
Briefing: Was Zelaya's ouster a coup?
Hondurans debate the legality of the forced exile of President Manuel Zelaya.In the early hours of June 28, military forces entered the home of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, put him under arrest, and sent him on a plane to Costa Rica. Leaders from around the world condemned the action as a coup – a "violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group," according to Merriam-Webster.
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27/03/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
What Mexican drug war? Spring-break students defy travel warnings.
Universities and the US government warned American students about the risks of travel in Mexico. But Cancún numbers are off only slightly.
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14/03/2009 | En Profundidad
Evangelicals key to El Salvador elections
The group, which has begun to shift to the left, could determine the outcome of Sunday's presidential election.
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14/03/2009 | En Profundidad
Evangelicals key to El Salvador elections
The group, which has begun to shift to the left, could determine the outcome of Sunday's presidential election.
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24/02/2009 | En Profundidad
Drug violence tarnishes Mexico's international image
The US State Department has issued a new travel advisory warning of 'large firefights' across the country.
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13/12/2008 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Two years after its launch, Mexicans question President Calderón's drug war
Drug-trafficking deaths have skyrocketed by more than 117 percent in 2008
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13/12/2008 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Two years after its launch, Mexicans question President Calderón's drug war
Drug-trafficking deaths have skyrocketed by more than 117 percent in 2008
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03/06/2008 | En Parrilla
Bolivia's autonomy referendums signal rightist backlash
On Sunday, the Amazonian states of Beni and Pando voted overwhelmingly in favor of more autonomy from the socialist government of Evo Morales.
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03/06/2008 | En Parrilla
Bolivia's autonomy referendums signal rightist backlash
On Sunday, the Amazonian states of Beni and Pando voted overwhelmingly in favor of more autonomy from the socialist government of Evo Morales.
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11/02/2008 | En Parrilla
Exxon fights Chávez' Venezuela for compensation in courts
Legal challenge could raise price for nationalization moves by Ecuador, Russia, and Bolivia.
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