| Drug Gangs Kill Nine In Honduras as Violence Grows TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen killed nine people in Tegucigalpa in one of the deadliest attacks in Honduras since Mexican drug kingpins escalated their war over smuggling routes, police said on Sunday. feeds.nytimes.com |
National Guard to Help Secure Southwest Border President Obama will send National Guard troops to the border and increase law enforcement spending, yielding to demands from lawmakers in both parties, officials said. feeds.nytimes.com |
Lawmakers in Mexico to Debate Drug Fight With the pace of killings rising, President Felipe Calderón set up high-level forums in an effort to show that the Mexican government was willing to engage its critics and listen to suggestions. feeds.nytimes.com |
World Briefing| the Americas: Bolivia: New Law Called Threat to Media Criticism of Government President,Evo Morales, signed an anti-racism law Friday that his opponents say could be used to stifle media criticism of his government. feeds.nytimes.com |
Cholera Outbreak Hits Rural Haiti-142 Dead At least 142 people have died in a cholera outbreak, and aid groups are rushing in medicine and other supplies Friday to combat Haiti's deadliest health problem since its devastating earthquake. feeds.nytimes.com |