Politics May 24 DEA’s failure to punish drug distributor blamed in opioid crisis raises revolving door questions The DEA has allowed one of the nation's largest drug distributors to keep shipping addictive painkillers for nearly four years despite a judge's recommendation to strip its license for turning a blind eye to thousands of suspicious opioid orders.
World Feb 05 Political turmoil in Peru threatens decades of relative financial stability The violence following President Pedro Castillo’s Dec. 7 impeachment and arrest has revived class and racial divisions and has many Peruvians wondering whether the country's long period of uneasy economic stability has run its course.
Politics Jan 31 House Democrats urge Biden to suspend aid to Peru over protest crackdown Some House Democrats are urging the Biden administration to suspend all U.S. aid to Peru over a “pattern of repression” of antigovernment protests that has resulted in more than 50 civilian deaths.
World Jan 11 Biden under pressure to expel Bolsonaro after riot in Brazil The Biden administration is under growing pressure from leftists in Latin America as well as U.S. lawmakers to expel Jair Bolsonaro from a post-presidential retreat in Florida following an attack by his supporters on Brazil’s capital.
World Jan 04 Former Bolivian interior minister receives stiff jail sentence for bribes A former Bolivian interior minister has been sentenced in the United States to nearly six years in prison for taking at least $532,000 in bribes to help a Florida company win a lucrative contract to sell tear gas to his…
Politics Dec 19 WATCH: Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso meets with Biden at the White House President Joe Biden says the U.S. is looking to expand and strengthen its relationship with Ecuador, one of its staunchest allies in South America and a country that's also getting plenty of attention from China.
Science Dec 16 U.S. poised to toughen ban on lucrative shark fin trade The U.S. is poised to ban the lucrative trade in shark fins, a move conservationists hope will help protect millions of sharks that are butchered every year to satisfy demand in China and other parts of Asia.
Nation Dec 07 Could new camera technology help save world’s dwindling fish stocks? Could trawler cams help save the world’s fish? A bevy of companies is installing high-resolution cameras on U.S. fishing boats to replace scarce in-person observers and meet new federal mandates aimed at protecting dwindling fish stocks.
Politics Dec 05 Former Miami congressman David Rivera arrested in Venezuela probe A former Miami Republican congressman who signed a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela's socialist government has been arrested in connection to an ongoing federal criminal investigation.
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.