Community self-defense groups confront Mexico’s drug cartels
An armed insurgency is emerging across Mexico. However, rather than being a movement to overthrow a government, it aims to defend communities and combat drug cartels.
"The Beast" claims six fatalities in Mexico train disaster
The train was one of several Mexican and Central American immigrants call "la Bestia" -- "the beast." It goes from Southern Mexico northward to Mexico's Northern border with the United States.
On the 202nd anniversary of Mexican independence
On Sept.16, Mexico celebrated its two hundred and second independence day. Is independence slipping through the Mexican people's fingers?
U.S. military takes on Honduras
The drug "war" is used to justify U.S. military intervention in Honduras, now a way station for drugs moving from South America to U.S. consumers.
Americas summit displays "consensus without Washington"
Summit of the Americas reflected a shift from the "Washington Consensus" to the "consensus without Washington."
Hemispheric leaders divided on drug policy, Cuba
President Obama attended the sixth Summit of the Americas over the weekend in Cartagena, Colombia, where he and regional leaders wrestled over a range of politically sensitive issues.
After five years, Mexico still in the grip of drug war
The Mexican government has lost control of the situation and turned the country into a battlefield.
New Honduran political party weighs in against chaos and crime
Killings and crime make present day Honduras look like the former U.S. "wild west." Yet the "sheriffs" - read police and armed forces - are in cahoots with the bad guys.
CIA presence provokes fear in Mexico
A controversy has arisen over U.S. agents operating in Mexico, with the full cooperation of the right-wing government of President Felipe Calderon.
Amidst violence, Guatemala heads for Sept. elections
Guatemala is the second most violent country in the Western Hemisphere (after Colombia) and the election campaign is shaping up to be violent also. Iit is not clear to what degree poor and working class Guatemalans, or the 40 percent of the Guatemalans who are indigenous Mayas, can hope for a positive outcome.
