Staff / TruthdigMay 10, 2011
Most of us take access to overpriced hotels, lousy food and syrupy mixed drinks for granted, but ordinary Cubans suffering island fever may get their first shot at a vacation since 1959. A proposed reform might eventually allow Cubans (presumably those surviving on more than government subsidies) to "travel abroad as tourists." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 7, 2011
The recent slaying of a popular poet's son and the discovery of mass graves filled with hundreds of bodies have prompted a strong public outcry against Mexican President Felipe Calderon and what critics call his failed anti-drug policies. A massive demonstration is planned for Sunday in Mexico City. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 25, 2011
Just when you thought the drug war south of the border could not get any more gruesome comes this report from northern Mexico, where 177 bodies have been discovered in a mass grave. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigApr 18, 2011
The Mexican government has reportedly captured Martin "El Kilo" Omar Estrada Luna, a leader of the Zetas drug gang that is suspected of killing more than 100 people in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 9, 2010
On Monday, Haitian officials freed Charisa Coulter, a Baptist missionary from the U.S. who was held on kidnapping charges following January's catastrophic earthquake in Port-au-Prince. One other American from Coulter's group remains in custody in the island nation's capital, according to The Associated Press. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 6, 2006
The founder of the wildly popular pornographic video series takes an L Times reporter into his $40-million-a-year world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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