Chris Kraul
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 00:00
Chavez hinted that the Colombians might have been spies, and revealed that his government last month had arrested an agent of the DAS, Colombia's equivalent of the FBI
Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 00:00
Gang warfare has left 33 dead since Saturday in the city chosen to host the 2016 Olympics
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 00:00
Many, eager to escape poverty and isolation, become prime targets for guerrilla recruiters
Monday, September 21, 2009 - 00:00
The government's focus on hyper-violent Buenaventura has cut the homicide rate to one-third of what it was two years ago and yielded millions in cash seized from cargo containers from Mexico
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia's oil production is staging a surprisingly robust rebound, boosted in no small part by the arrival of oil industry executives and engineers banished by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 00:00
An official at the Pentagon's Southern Command in Miami, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of security concerns, said the FARC is "actively shopping" for SAMs
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 00:00
The deal, estimated to be worth more than $2 billion, apparently hinged on France's willingness to transfer technology to the Brazilians
Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 00:00
The U.S. is not enthusiastic about the prospect of President Alvaro Uribe running for a third term. Critics decry what they see as the destruction of Colombia's legal checks and balances
Friday, August 14, 2009 - 00:00
Soledad residents await realization of President Hugo Chavez's plan for a huge complex and the jobs it would create. But financial terms and doubts about the socialist government prompt delays
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 00:00
The increasingly difficult climate for homebuilders and the inability of the Chavez government to deliver on promises to build enough apartments and houses have led to a housing deficit now estimated at 2 million units