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In a break with his past positions, Guatemala's president recently suggested decriminalising illegal drugs.
Opinion Last Modified: 14 Mar 2012 10:35 GMT
It was a watershed year for bringing human rights abusers to justice in Latin America.
Opinion Last Modified: 09 Jan 2012 19:37 GMT
The Colom administration did not deal with embezzlement, resulting in a damning assessment in a recent report.
Opinion Last Modified: 09 Dec 2011 13:12 GMT
President "requests the forgiveness" of the family of Jacobo Arbenz, a leftist who was violently removed from power.
Americas Last Modified: 21 Oct 2011 05:52 GMT
Former general ahead in early counting, but presidency race in Central American nation looks set to go to second round.
Americas Last Modified: 12 Sep 2011 09:58 GMT
An ex-general with an "iron fist" is front-runner as presidential election begins in the violence-plagued nation.
Americas Last Modified: 11 Sep 2011 15:13 GMT
WikiLeaks cables on the US 'war on drugs' reveal saucy diplomatic prose on Mexico, Afghanistan, Haiti and Burma.
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Interactive Last Modified: 04 Sep 2011 21:01 GMT
US presidential commission discloses gruesome specifics of 1940s experiments on prison inmates and mental patients.
Americas Last Modified: 30 Aug 2011 04:38 GMT
Guatemalan president says international drug trafficking gangs are the biggest threat facing Guatemala and the region.
Drugs Central Last Modified: 14 Aug 2011 10:17 GMT
Facundo Cabral, one of Latin America's favourite musicians, dies after unidentified gunmen riddle his car with bullets.
Americas Last Modified: 09 Jul 2011 18:37 GMT
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