Chris Kraul
Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 00:00
The firings revolve around the disappearance over the last year of youths from Bogota's Soacha suburb, a sprawling working-class neighborhood rife with crime and unemployment.
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 00:00
Beijing could increase its profile and influence by financing projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Monday, October 20, 2008 - 00:00
"We haven't gone crazy with this oil price surge, nor have we gone on some drunken [spending] binge," Chavez told a ministers council
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 - 00:00
Growth in population and tourism contaminate the islands' environment with alien species and pollution. But some say tourists, not citizens, should be kept out.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 00:00
After being lectured for 20 years about the superiority of the free market, officials in Latin America see no small irony in the effort to bail out the U.S. banking system.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 00:00
The renaming of a U.S. Embassy wing here in honor of a pilot killed by leftist rebels five years ago is expected to add a poignant postscript to the rescue of his three passengers by Colombian commandos in July.
Monday, September 8, 2008 - 00:00
Four Russian vessels and 1,000 Russian military personnel are to participate. The move could further strain Washington-Moscow ties
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 00:00
Colombian authorities, seeking to head off a potential environmental disaster, were still searching Tuesday for two missing cyanide barrels that had been aboard a ferry that capsized
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - 00:00
Many of the former self-protection forces have turned to extortion. The Wayuu tribe's unique position makes it an attractive target
Friday, August 29, 2008 - 00:00
With no sign of a thaw in their frozen diplomatic relations, Ecuador this week called on Colombia to increase its military presence along their shared border to check the spillover