December 27, 2011 / Global Post
by Nick Miroff
Journalist Nick Miroff and Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla discuss the biggest threat to this tranquil Central American nation: the encroaching drug cartels.
December 5, 2011 / Global Post
by Nadja Drost
Colombia's gold rush pits local subsistence miners against large corporate interests, criminal gangs and the police.
November 29, 2011 / Global Post
by Nick Miroff
Honduras recorded 82.1 killings per 100,000 residents in 2010, making it the most violent country in the world. The violent surge is attributed to increasing transnational drug trade in the region...
November 1, 2011 / Global Post
by Hanna Ingber
In Nepal, activist groups are working with the government to keep young women in school by helping them avoid early marriage.
October 31, 2011 / Global Post
by Hanna Ingber
Child marriages are common in Nepal, particularly among the poor. But the practice carries with it devastating consequences for young girls’ health and well-being.
Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow.
October 11, 2011 / Global Post
by Nick Miroff
The uninhabited coral cays, long coastline and thick jungles that draw tourists to Belize also appeal to drug smugglers. Belize's borders are porous and its security forces are minuscule.
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May 30, 2010 / Global Post
by Hanna Ingber
Growing up in a small village in northeastern India, Hasina Khatun spent her days helping her aunt around the house and playing with her siblings.
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May 13, 2010 / Global Post
by Haley Sweetland Edwards
Yemen is the most gorgeous place you'll probably never visit.
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April 26, 2010 / Global Post
by Paul Stephens
A failed suicide attack on the British ambassador's convoy Monday morning shattered windows, terrified passersby and left debris and broken glass scattered on the sidewalks of the capital.
March 16, 2010 / Global Post
by Paul Stephens
SANAA, Yemen — On the streets of Sanaa, an angry crowd gathers around a gas delivery truck.
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March 12, 2010 / Global Post
by Paul Stephens, Haley Sweetland Edwards
Perhaps it was the spandex shorts.
Sana'a, the Yemeni capital, is growing by 8 percent per year — one of the fastest growing cities in the world — yet it draws pow
February 23, 2010 / Global Post
by Haley Sweetland Edwards
SANA'A, Yemen — Mohammad Said Ali spends the money he makes repairing electronics during the day on his family's dinner at night.
January 24, 2010 / Global Post
by Haley Sweetland Edwards
SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni policemen sprinted up a rocky dirt road, firing AK-47s, lobbing grenades and detonating explosives at a cinderblock house, a supposed Al Qaeda hideout.

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