MONTERREY, Mexico — The attack that burned 52 people to death at a casino in an upscale neighborhood was bad. But what really scared Idalia Villafana's customers away were the body parts once strewn across the plaza near her restaurant.
Watching the U.S. and Costa Rican players practice was as close to a Spring Training astmophere as I had even gotten. These were some of the best American football players in the country. These were athletes who had turned away from their diehard soccer tradition to serve as fullbacks and tight ends. It takes chutzpah to face off with 100-kilo goliaths on the line of scrimage. It takes more chutzpah to do this among people who think American football is a bunch of guys falling down in a pile, over and over.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership being negotiated between the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations has been characterized as the most progressive trade agreement in our history, with the strongest labor and environment provisions ever. But what is the benchmark?
The first South American pope played a key role in secret negotiations between the United States and Cuba that led to the surprise announcement in December that they would seek to restore diplomatic ties after more than 50 years of tensions.
After the World Health Organization warned in March that glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic," President Santos's cabinet called into question whether to continue the air war on coca, the raw ingredient for cocaine.
Costa Rica ranked 45 out of a 179 countries in this year's State of the World's Mothers index from NGO Save the Children. In Latin America, only Argentina (36) and Cuba (40) ranked higher.
Three people have died during weeks of protests against the Tía María copper mine in Peru. Local residents say the project will pollute their water and damage agriculture.
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina announced Friday that his vice president, Roxana Baldetti, was resigning after one of her top aides was accused of participating in a customs bribery ring.
