Posts By: Andrew OReilly
April 25, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
10 Murders A Day In Sinaloa During Holy Week; Drug Violence Puts Vacations On Hold
During Holy Week, 81 people were killed in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa, according to the state’s attorney general Marco Antonio Higuera Gómez. Holy Week, or Semana Santa in […] Read More >
April 24, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Mass Graves In Mexico Show Brutal Drug Cartel Violence; Expert Says Government Not In Control
Authorities in Mexico discovered 32 more bodies this past week dumped in pits in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas. The most recent findings bring the body count up to 177 […] Read More >
April 14, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Honduran Government Responsible For Murders And Human Rights Abuses, Resistance Leader Says
NEW YORK — While the Honduran government and former U.S. President Bill Clinton claim that the Central American nation is protecting human rights and combating drug-trafficking, Honduras is actually killing […] Read More >
April 6, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Ecuador Asks U.S. Ambassador To Leave; Calls Move ‘Justifiable’
QUITO — Ecuador’s foreign ministry said yesterday that it was expelling the U.S. ambassador for accusing the just-retired national police commander of corruption and speculating that President Rafael Correa knew […] Read More >
April 5, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Michel Martelly Wins Haitian Presidential Elections, According To Preliminary Results
Today in Latin America Top Story — Musician and Carnival entertainer Michel Martelly won Haiti’s presidential elections Monday, according to official preliminary results. “Martelly won,” an official at the Provisional […] Read More >
October 20, 2010 > Andrew OReilly
Mexican Drug Cartels Threaten Freedom Of Press; Bilateral Solution Needed, Panel Says
NEW YORK — Luis Carlos Santiago’s last moments were spent in a shopping mall parking lot in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez. Around two in the afternoon on […] Read More >
September 28, 2010 > Andrew OReilly
Landslide In Mexico Buries Up To 300 Homes; Hundreds Feared Dead
A landslide caused by heavy rains in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca left hundreds dead and 300 families homeless. The landslide occurred in the town of Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec […] Read More >
September 27, 2010 > Andrew OReilly
UPDATE: Chávez’s Allies Win Majority Of Seats, But Opponents Gain Spots
Allies of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez won the majority of races in Sunday’s general elections, but the opposition won enough to secure one-third of the National Assembly seats needed to […] Read More >
September 27, 2010 > Andrew OReilly
Journalists Are Major Targets in Mexico’s Drug War; Bloggers Use Twitter To Report
Two Sundays ago, in an unprecedented move, Ciudad Juárez’s El Diario newspaper printed an editorial that asked Mexico’s drug cartels the question of what and what not to publish. The […] Read More >
September 24, 2010 > Andrew OReilly
Nicaraguan Diplomatic Official Killed In New York City
NEW YORK CITY – A Nicaraguan diplomatic official was found dead with his throat slashed in an apartment in the Bronx Thursday, when his driver came to pick him up […] Read More >