Fearing Drug Cartels, Reporters in Mexico Retreat

By MARC LACEY 3:18 PM ET

Tomas Bravo/Reuters

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.

Paintings for sale in front of Bar Basque, a restaurant known for its fine seafood as well as for being frequented by politically active artists and intellectuals in Caracas, Venezuela.

Arrests Show ETA Roots in Venezuela

By SIMON ROMERO and ANDRÉS CALA 3:00 PM ET

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

By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO

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

Haiti: Kidnappers Free Aid Workers

By DEBORAH SONTAG

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

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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.

Sebastián Piñera, center, a billionaire businessman, takes office Thursday as the first elected right-wing leader of Chile in half a century.

Chile Leader Enters Changed Political Landscape

By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO

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

Times Topics: Chile

President Obama met with President René Préval of Haiti at the White House on Wednesday.

Obama Pledges U.S. Aid to Haiti

By JEFF ZELENY

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

Sandy Alderson is examining questions about the baseball player pipeline from the Dominican Republic to the United States.

Baseball Emissary to Review Troubled Dominican Pipeline

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT

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

By NEIL MacFARQUHAR

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

Cuba: A Castro Comrade Is Replaced

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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.

The inside of Cecilia Painaqueo’s apartment in Santiago. Ms. Painaqueo and her four children have been camping outside.

In Chile’s Capital, Damage Is Inside and Invisible

By GINGER THOMPSON

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

Times Topics: Chile

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Even Orphanages Spawn Orphans in Haiti

By JAMES ESTRIN

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.

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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.

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GROCERIES People caught staples thrown from a market in Concepción, near the center of Chile's earthquake.

The Moral Ambiguity of Looting

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.

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