Saturday, March 13, 2010

Americas

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In Escobedo on Friday, Mexican forces detained wounded men suspected of belonging to a drug gang that had been in a shootout.
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In Escobedo on Friday, Mexican forces detained wounded men suspected of belonging to a drug gang that had been in a shootout.

Attacks on members of the media along a long stretch of the border with the U.S. have resulted in what amounts to a news blackout.

Arrests Show ETA Roots in Venezuela

A shadowy underworld of Basque exiles in Caracas is under scrutiny after an indictment from a Spanish judge.

Aftershocks Jolt Chile as New President Is Sworn In

An earthquake hit central Chile as the inaugural ceremonies for President Sebastián Piñera were under way.

Haiti: Kidnappers Free Aid Workers

Five days after they were kidnapped in the Port-au-Prince area, two Swiss women, aid workers for Doctors Without Borders, were released unharmed on Wednesday night.

Cuba: Europe Condemns Striker’s Death

The European Parliament voted to condemn Cuba for the “avoidable and cruel” death of a dissident hunger striker, Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who died last month after an 83-day hunger strike.

Chile Leader Enters Changed Political Landscape

The aftermath of the earthquake may give the country’s new right-wing government a chance to entomb the ghosts of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

Obama Pledges U.S. Aid to Haiti

President Obama made the pledge after meeting with President René Préval of Haiti on Wednesday, even as the U.S. military begins withdrawing forces.

Baseball Emissary to Review Troubled Dominican Pipeline

Sandy Alderson, a longtime baseball executive, is looking into a feeder system in which performance-enhancing drug use and age fraud are commonplace.

U.N. Honors the 101 Who Served and Died in Haiti

At United Nations headquarters in New York, co-workers, friends and family members shared their grief and memories.

Cuba: A Castro Comrade Is Replaced

A general who as a teenager fought alongside Fidel Castro has been replaced as the official in charge of Cuba’s airlines and airports, according to a terse statement in the Communist Party newspaper.

In Chile’s Capital, Damage Is Inside and Invisible

Santiago’s streets appear mostly unscathed, but many people do not know if their lives will ever be the same.

From the Lens Blog
Lens Blog
Even Orphanages Spawn Orphans in Haiti

Lynsey Addario decided that if she couldn’t get to Haiti immediately, she might find a more profound story to tell. She found “orphans” who still had parents and orphans who had to be saved from orphanages.

Multimedia

Photographs: The Aftermath in Chile

Tomas Munita, a photographer working for The Times in Chile, covers the devastation in the cities of Talca and Constitucion.

Interactive Feature: Chile Panorama

A panoramic view of the devastation in Chile following the 8.8-magnitude earthquake on Feb. 27.

Audio Slide Show: Singing the Suffering of Haiti

A singer-songwriter named Beken, unable to compose any music since an earthquake devastated his country on Jan. 12, finds his voice again.

Video: Haiti's Enduring Creativity

Though the arts were impacted by the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti many artists are already responding to the disaster with music.

Earthquake in Haiti

Videos, photographs and interactive features documenting the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti.

From Week in Review

The Moral Ambiguity of Looting

The unsettled ethics of pillaging after a catastrophe acquired a new wrinkle in Chile, where some frightened citizens were allowed to take needed staples.

From Dining

Açaí, a Global Super Fruit, Is Dinner in the Amazon

Virtually unknown outside the Amazon two decades ago, açaí is now an international celebrity, thanks to the antioxidant craze.

13 Days of Aftershocks

The timeline shows the magnitude of all aftershocks that have rocked Chile.

Panoramas: Views From Haiti

Scenes of life in Haiti as it recovers from January's devastating earthquake.

A Growing Risk in Haiti

The problem of human waste disposal has become impossible to overlook in Port-au-Prince, with the stench of decomposing bodies replaced by that of excrement.

Foyer of Patience Orphanage

The same room in the orphanage serves as a classroom and a bedroom for the children, who sleep on the floor with minimal bedding.

Panoramas: Tuberculosis Patients

In a small room in the only tuberculosis sanatorium in Haiti, a lone nurse attends to the remaining patients.

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