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Migrants run Mexican gauntlet
The US border is just the final challenge; first groups have to dodge gangs of kidnappers.
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Cuba shuffle, geriatrics shuttle
Raul Castro has proposed term limits for Cuba’s rulers, including himself, in an unprecedented effort to rejuvenate the island’s political leadership.
$8bn payback for ‘Amazon Chernobyl’
Chevron cries foul but the plaintiffs might yet push for the $27-billion they claimed.
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Welcome for Baby Doc shows Haitians’ desperation
An earthquake, hurricanes, cholera, political crises — it seemed Haiti’s woes could not get worse.
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Clerics mine for trapped souls
As the mine rescue drama neared a climax, clerics vied with one another to stamp their own faith on a surge in religious fervour in Chile.
Election puts Hugo Chávez on the left foot
Both sides have declared it a victory but the opposition’s gains have left the president weaker.
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Bolivian president knees football opponent in groin
A knee to the groin may be more Vinnie Jones than Machiavelli, but it was no less effective for Evo Morales in asserting his presidential authority.
Emerging world embraces the rigid faith spurned by secular Europe
The Vatican’s view of issues such as abortion, homosexuality and female priests looks increasingly at odds with modern secular realities.
Cuba joins mainland of austerity
More than one million state employees are to be laid off in the island’s economic shake-up.
Narcotics war reaps nothing but killing fields
<b>Rory Carroll</b> and <b>Jo Tuckman</b> report from the epicentre of drug-cartel violence in Mexico, which has claimed 28 000 lives.