Mitt Romney’s single mention of Latin America Monday night, calling it a “huge opportunity" for the United States, generated immediate glee from Latin Americanists across Twitter – but the hemisphere got no nod from President Obama, and then both went silent on the topic.
Brad Pitt has thrown his weight behind a documentary that blasts America's 40-year war on drugs as a failure, calling policies that imprison huge numbers of drug-users a "charade" in urgent need of a rethink.
The Hollywood actor came aboard recently as an executive producer of filmmaker Eugene Jarecki's "The House I Live In," which won the Grand Jury Prize in January at the Sundance Film Festival. The film opened in wide release in the United States on Friday.
The Governments of Mexico, Columbia and Guatemala have submitted a joint declaration to the United Nations, calling for an overhaul of the organization's drug policy. The document urges the UN to consider legalization and regulation as alternatives to the drug war. Latin America has been hit particularly hard by the world drug trade, as it supplies most of the drugs consumed in North America and Europe. The full text of the declaration follows:
Mexican President Felipe Calderon defended his government's approach to combating crime and drugs Monday during his final state of the nation address. Read more »
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Mitt Romney’s single mention of Latin America Monday night, calling it a “huge opportunity" for the United States, generated immediate glee from Latin Americanists across Twitter – but the hemisphere got no nod from President Obama, and then both went silent on the topic.
Brad Pitt has thrown his weight behind a documentary that blasts America's 40-year war on drugs as a failure, calling policies that imprison huge numbers of drug-users a "charade" in urgent need of a rethink.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon defended his government's approach to combating crime and drugs Monday during his final state of the nation address. 
