Prison Fire Kills More Than 300 in Honduras

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2012 One inmate's reported death wish led to the immolation of more than 300 people at a Honduran prison after the apparent instigator set fire to his mattress on Wednesday in the town of Comayagua, where some 356 others were still missing after the blaze, according to The Associated Press. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Canada Becomes the First Country to Quit Kyoto

Staff / Truthdig Dec 13, 2011 From its perch above one of the world's biggest polluters, Canada's conservative government decided it would be too expensive and pointless to meet its obligations to the Kyoto Protocol. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Miserable Monogamy

Staff / Truthdig Sep 15, 2011 An expert decrees that monogamy is unnatural and unnecessary; Mexican "Indignados" protest President Felipe Calderon's failed "War on Drugs"; meanwhile, scientists have discovered a new "Super Earth" that may contain water. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Russians Are Coming (or Not)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 30, 2011 Correction: Back in 2007, a Russian official announced a scheme to build an underwater rail system linking Siberia to Alaska. Such a railway would require the longest tunnel ever built and expenditures of about $94 billion (by one estimate). More than four years later, the transcontinental railway was in the news again. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Mourning in Mexico

Staff / Truthdig Aug 27, 2011 Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Friday declared three days of mourning for his country after 52 people were killed in a Monterrey casino fire set by gunmen thought to be members of a drug cartel. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Deep Reach of Mexico’s Most Powerful Drug Cartel

Staff / Truthdig Jul 28, 2011 Drugs have been flowing from Mexico into the US through various veins for decades, but in the last few years the U Drug Enforcement Administration has looked closely at the Sinaloa drug cartel, one of the largest distributors and Mexico's most powerful organized crime group. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. to Throw More Money at Central America’s Drug War

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2011 At a regional conference this week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged almost $300 million to the governments of Central America during 2011 to aid in their efforts to oppose cartels and others involved in the region's violent, illegal drug trade. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Free-Market Anarchy and Nihilism in Mexico

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2011 For the future of unchecked global capitalism, look to the savagery of the drug war in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, says The Guardian's Ed Vulliamy. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Deadly Day in Mexico: 33 Killed in Gang Wars

Staff / Truthdig Jun 17, 2011 In one bloody 24-hour period in the industrial city of Monterrey, Mexico, drug-related violence claimed the lives of 33 people, most of whom were allegedly connected to local cartels, according to Mexican authorities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Return of the Zapatistas

Staff / Truthdig Jun 14, 2011 The Zapatistas in Mexico mobilize against the drug war; the AOL-HuffPo merger is starting to lose its charm; and Google's Internet monopoly is threatened by Facebook. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Global Food Scheme Starves Guatemalan Poor

Staff / Truthdig Jun 2, 2011 Due to predatory trade policies endorsed by the IMF and the Guatemalan government, tax-evading transnational corporations partnered with local elites make a killing off the country's agricultural exports while more than half of its 14 million people suffer extreme poverty and threats of violence. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Exiled President Back in Honduras Preaching Peace

Staff / Truthdig May 30, 2011 This isn't the first visit Manuel Zelaya has made to Honduras since a 2009 coup toppled his presidency and he was exiled, but he may be able to stick around this time. Zelaya cut a deal with the current regime and returned to Tegucigalpa calling for peaceful resistance. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )