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DRUG POLICY / 18 MAY 2011

In his political rhetoric, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega makes no secret of his often hostile views towards U.S. foreign policy.

HUMAN SMUGGLING / 18 MAY 2011

Mexican police stopped more than 500 illegal migrants from Asia and Central America in Chiapas, southern Mexico.

COLOMBIA / 18 MAY 2011

Colombia's police captured 25 members of gang 'La Camila,' an armed group that is accused of murders, narco-trafficking, extortion and…

EL SALVADOR / 18 MAY 2011

El Salvador's drug trade gets relatively little attention, overshadowed by the chaos in Mexico, but a new investigation has cast…

GUATEMALA / 17 MAY 2011

Guatemala declared a state of siege in the northern department of Peten as details began to emerge of the massacre…

GUATEMALA / 17 MAY 2011

A massacre in northern Guatemala, which has left at least 27 people dead, is another reminder of the growing influence…

EL SALVADOR / 17 MAY 2011

El Salvador’s government has proposed a new tax, based mainly on Colombia's experience from earlier this decade, to raise funds…

BELTRAN LEYVA ORG / 17 MAY 2011

A banner signed by Mexican drug gang the Beltran Leyva Organization claims that the group supports Javier Sicilia, a poet…

MEXICO / 17 MAY 2011

A new Mexican "telenovela," or soap opera, is aimed at boosting the image of Mexico’s federal police and their fight…

DRUG POLICY / 17 MAY 2011

Mexico's government offered an implicit defense of President Calderon's so-called “kingpin strategy,” which holds that the best way to take…

FARC / 17 MAY 2011

Venezuela's government announced the capture of alleged FARC operative Didier Rios Galindo, alias “Ñenguere,” who is accused of handling drug…

CARIBBEAN / 16 MAY 2011

As Haiti's President Michel Martelly begins his first week in power, among the legions of challenges facing the new leader…

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