Politics Nov 14 AP report: Former DEA agent tells his own story of corruption before jail time All this revelry was rooted, Irizarry said, in a crushing realization among DEA agents around the world that there's nothing they can do to make a dent in the drug war anyway.
World Oct 01 Venezuela releases 7 jailed Americans in exchange for 2 prisoners in U.S. custody In a rare softening of hostile relations, Venezuela has freed seven imprisoned Americans in exchange for the United States releasing two nephews of President Nicolás Maduro’s wife who had been jailed for years on drug smuggling conspiracy convictions, the White…
Nation Aug 12 Author Salman Rushdie attacked as he takes lecture stage in New York Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, has been attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in…
Politics Jun 06 In blow to Biden, Mexican president to skip Summit of the Americas López Obrador wanted Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela to be invited, but Washington did not want to include autocratic governments. The Mexican leader said Monday that "There cannot be a summit if all countries are not invited."…
Economy Apr 15 How leaks in U.S. ban on Russian seafood are undermining efforts to stop Putin’s war machine A U.S. ban on seafood imports from Russia over its invasion of Ukraine was supposed to sap billions of dollars from Vladimir Putin's war machine.
Nation Mar 09 Biden administration says 2 Americans have been freed from Venezuelan detention The White House says two American detainees have been released by the Venezuelan government.
Economy Mar 04 Global trade suffers as Russia continues attacks on Ukraine Sanctions on Russia are starting to wreak havoc on global trade, with potentially devastating consequences for energy and grain importers while also generating ripple effects across a world still struggling to overcome pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions.
Nation Dec 09 U.S. narcotics agent sentenced to 12 years in prison for conspiring with Colombian cartel The U.S. Justice Department's Inspector General slammed the DEA in a report over the summer for failing to properly oversee what are supposed to be tightly monitored stings of the sort this agent worked on.
World Nov 21 Chileans vote in highly polarized presidential election Chileans will vote for a new president Sunday following a polarizing campaign in which the leading candidates vowed to chart starkly different paths for the region’s most economically advanced country staggered by a recent wave of social unrest.
World Oct 16 Maduro ally extradited to US on money laundering charges A top fugitive close to Venezuela’s socialist government has been put on a plane to the U.S. to face money laundering charges, a senior U.S. official confirmed Saturday.