Benedict Mander
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 00:00
Opponents of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela are up in arms over a raft of decree laws they say replicate constitutional reforms rejected by voters last year
Sunday, August 3, 2008 - 00:00
With Banco de Venezuela in government hands Mr Chavez controls almost a quarter of the banking system. Over the next year or two that proportion seems set to increase
Friday, June 6, 2008 - 00:00
The issue of money in Barinas may prove crucial come November’s nationwide state and municipal elections
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 00:00
Economists say that government measures taken to control one of the highest inflation rates in the world have damped demand, causing annualised growth to fall well below expectations to 4.8 per cent
Monday, January 14, 2008 - 00:00
Colombian guerillas released two prisoners yesterday in a rescue mission organised by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, marking a breakthrough in a decades-long conflict
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - 00:00
Colombian rebels said on Tuesday they would release three hostages to Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s president, including an aide to former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt held captive since 2002
Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 00:00
Hopes for a prisoner swap between Colombia’s government and its Farc leftwing rebels collapsed on Thursday after President Alvaro Uribe halted mediation efforts by President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela
Tuesday, November 13, 2007 - 00:00
The Bush administration is increasingly confident it can force the pact through Congress with a wafer-thin majority after the House of Representatives approved a deal with Peru
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - 00:00
El Nula, and much of the rest of the part of Venezuela that borders Colombia, is an unintended victim of the US-financed Plan Colombia
Friday, August 24, 2007 - 00:00
President Hugo Chavez’s tightening grip over Venezuela’s economy is generating distortions that economists fear could, paradoxically, eventually lead to a loss of control