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5 countries where the death penalty is legal but rare
India’s Supreme Court sentenced the last surviving gunman of the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, to death. Here is a list of 5 countries where the death penalty is a legal possibility, though rare.
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Which Latin American countries are the most socially inclusive?
Americas Quarterly created a new 'social inclusion index' to compare countries across the region and track their progress over time. Here are the three top countries, two poorest-ranking countries, and one whose ranking may come as a surprise.
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Catholicism in Latin America: 5 key facts
Pope Benedict XVI began his second trip to Latin America on March 23, with stops in Mexico and Cuba. Here is a brief history of the Catholic church in the Americas.
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Correspondent reflections: The 10 news events that shaped 2011
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The New Economy Tylenol recall 2010: Another setback for Johnson and Johnson unit
In the second Tylenol recall of 2010, an arm of Johnson and Johnson has to refund buyers of over-the-counter drugs because of factory problems.
05/03/2010 06:35 pm -
May Day rallies take immigration fight to the streets
From Los Angeles to New York, Chicago to Houston, hundreds of thousands of protesters in dozens of cities are marching, chanting, and in some cases engaging in civil disobedience – mostly in opposition to Arizona’s tough new law aimed at stopping illegal immigration.
05/01/2010 05:36 pm -
Mexicans slam Arizona immigration law, but how do they treat their migrants?
As Mexico condemns the tough new Arizona immigration law, Amnesty International published a new report Wednesday that details abuse suffered by Central American migrants in Mexico - often at the hands of officials.
04/28/2010 07:50 pm -
Five biggest volcano eruptions in recent history
The eruption at Eyafjallajökull volcano in Iceland has been hugely disruptive to world travel. But as a volcanic event, it's barely worth mentioning.
04/18/2010 08:27 pm -
In Pictures The scene at the US/Mexico border
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Gallery Foreign countries where Americans adopted children in 2009
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Global News Blog Central American Parliament wonders who's the legitimate president of Honduras?
The turmoil surrounding Honduras President Manuel Zelaya’s ouster has mostly died down. Now the Central American Parliament is debating if he or the interim president should fill Honduras’s seat on the regional body.
03/28/2010 12:24 pm -
The Monitor's View Adapting to foreign adoptions
03/14/2010 11:10 am -
International adoption: A big fix brings dramatic decline
International adoption has fallen sharply under tougher scrutiny caused by issues like Haiti's post-quake orphan scandal as well as stricter global regulations.
03/14/2010 11:05 am -
Behind Supreme Court case: Do gun rights protect against tyranny?
The US Supreme Court is considering what could be a landmark decision on individual gun rights. An unspoken argument is that armed citizens would make any usurper think twice before subverting the Constitution.
03/04/2010 07:44 pm -
Hillary Clinton fails to convince Brazil to support Iran sanctions
Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim told Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Brazil doesn't support Iran sanctions. He wants more negotiations. The US worries about the growing closeness of Iran and Brazil.
03/04/2010 09:10 am -
The Entrepreneurial Mind Entrepreneurship as Community Builder
02/16/2010 11:16 pm -
Bomb Power
Has modern warfare given US presidents too much power?
02/16/2010 10:30 am -
Q&A: How much aid has reached Haiti?
More than $1 billion in aid to Haiti has been pledged so far by governments from Guatemala to Greece. The UN and other groups are increasing food distribution by the day.
01/26/2010 01:04 pm -
New study argues war deaths are often overestimated
A new study, the Human Security Report, argues that politics and fund-raising priorities often lead to overestimates of war deaths, touching off a controversy among the researchers who work on the issue.
01/22/2010 04:48 pm -
Global News Blog Haiti aftershock: Why a 6.1 quake isn't that powerful
A magnitude 6.1 aftershock struck near Port-au-Prince on Wednesday morning. With so many buildings damaged by the major Haiti earthquake last week, there are concerns about danger. But there's a world of difference between today's quake and the 7.0 earthquake that did so much damage last week.
01/20/2010 09:16 am -
Halting drug war corruption: What Mexico can learn from Colombia
As Mexico struggles to contain its drug traffickers and endemic corruption, Colombia, which has long developed strategies to confront both, may provide a guide.
01/12/2010 12:53 pm -
Organic coffee: Why Latin America's farmers are abandoning it
Latin America produces an estimated 75 percent of the world's organic coffee. But the economic benefits many small farmers were promised if they converted to organic haven't materialized.
12/29/2009 12:55 pm -
New face of religion in Latin America
Evangelicalism sweeps through churches, leading some to say that Latin America is emerging as the new center of Christianity.
12/17/2009 11:51 am -
Global warming talks inch toward accord - 'adaptation' cash a sore point
At the Copenhagen global warming talks, high-level delegations have arrived to kick negotiations into high gear. But the question of money to help poorer nations grapple with the effects of climate change remains a sticking point.
12/15/2009 05:19 pm -
Guatemala slowly confronts widespread rape of women
In Guatemala, drug trafficking, gang violence, and a climate of impunity lead to widespread rape of women. At least 10,000 women were victims of sexual violence last year.
11/20/2009 12:00 am -
Bright Green The economics of ecosystems
Should ecosystems and environmental issues be determined by a traditional economic cost-benefit analysis?
11/16/2009 12:00 am -
The heart of Latin art
It's not just folk, it's fusion. Exhibitions nationwide spotlight a bold and visionary tradition.
10/15/2009 01:00 am -
Latin America's worst wage gap for women and minorities? Powerhouse Brazil.
Men earn 30 percent more than women in Brazil, according to a new report from the Inter-American Development Bank. That gap is almost zero in Guatemala and Bolivia.
10/13/2009 01:00 am -
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