Chris Kraul
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia's tenuous relations with Venezuela have worsened again with the revelation that Swedish-made rockets and launchers sold to the Venezuelan armed forces have been recovered in a Colombian rebel group's camp
Monday, July 27, 2009 - 00:00
Local leaders who defeated the president's candidates in last year's elections say Chavez is stripping them of resources and authority. A new law could give him still more power
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 00:00
Recently, Chavez announced that the government would review the licenses of and possibly close as many as 240 radio stations -- more than one-third of all AM and FM broadcasters
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 00:00
A report from the General Accounting Office blames corruption and lack of cooperation with the U.S. for an increase in cocaine trafficking. Venezuela's ambassador calls it a 'poor analysis'
Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 00:00
The United States and Colombia are poised to sign an agreement to transfer anti-drug flight operations from Ecuador to at least three Colombian air bases, a move that has drawn criticism here
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 00:00
Ecuador announces stiff tariffs on hundred of Colombian imports, apparently the latest retaliatory measure in the countries' dispute over a 2008 raid
Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 00:00
Logging and other activities ruin tribal lands and set off protests that lead to the revocation of laws to further open the Amazon to outsiders. 'The Indians beat them by a knockout,' one analyst says
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 00:00
Indigenous groups' protest over Amazon resources rights turns violent when police try to clear a highway
Friday, May 22, 2009 - 00:00
The president, in a turnabout that reflects his vow to shun protectionism and his goals of rewarding strategic allies and confronting economic necessity, is pushing for passage of a deal by July 1.
Thursday, April 16, 2009 - 00:00
His capture could set off a violent power struggle within the illicit drug world