"The president's been arrested already this morning," hotel owner Jeff Kuken told my wife and me one Sunday morning in late June. We had spent months planning a vacation across Honduras, but now Latin America's first military coup in decades was unfolding on the third day of our trip. Not exactly part of our plans, and definitely not included in guidebooks that painted Honduras as the Next Big Destination for affordable eco-tourism. ...more

November 29, 2009

Government supporters converged on the capital Sunday, to counter protesters who seized control of Bangkok's two airports and forced the prime minister to run the country from afar. ...more

December 1, 2008

as Chavez has accelerated his drive to install a Cuban-style socialist regime - the opposition has finally found a winning answer: democracy. Last December voters rejected a new constitution that would have greatly increased presidential powers. On Sunday Venezuelans turned out in record numbers for local elections - and chose opposition candidates for five of the six most important elected posts in the country. ...more

November 27, 2008

I am amazed at how this country can elect a man who has documented ties to domestic terrorists, radical spiritual leaders who preached hate of any other race except that of African-Americans, corrupt real estate developers, the support of Hamas, and one who has also guaranteed to take your earnings and give them to someone too lazy to work. ...more

November 12, 2008

Senior officials in the Nixon administration discussed a desire to stop the newly elected government of leftist Chilean President Salvador Allende from taking power in 1970, according to declassified transcripts made public Wednesday. ...more

September 11, 2008

An Argentine court convicted two former generals on Thursday for the murder of a senator during the country's seven-year military dictatorship and sentenced them to life in prison. ...more

August 29, 2008

When soaring food prices sparked deadly riots across Haiti, many expected that people along the cactus-studded northern coast would do what they traditionally do in times of crisis: take to the seas and head for the United States. ...more

May 4, 2008

Pakistani forces fought pitched battles with insurgents Thursday in the scenic northwestern Swat Valley, leaving dozens dead. The violence came on a day when the Supreme Court indicated that President Pervez Musharraf's election to a new term will remain in legal limbo for at least two more weeks. ...more

November 2, 2007

TAMPA - It was to be America's answer to the Soviets - and proof that we could counter their hardest punch. ...more

September 30, 2007

Human rights groups called the return of former President Alberto Fujimori to Peru to face charges of corruption and sanctioning a death squad an important step toward ending impunity in Latin America. ...more

September 24, 2007