Chris Kraul
Monday, May 19, 2008 - 00:00
Ecuador's capital, home to colonial-era churches and historic treasures, had been beset by crime and urban flight. But a revitalization program has paid off
Thursday, May 8, 2008 - 00:00
The former leader in a right-wing paramilitary group called AUC is to face drug trafficking charges.
Saturday, May 3, 2008 - 00:00
Correa's shake-up comes in a nation where the military enjoys a high measure of autonomy, wields considerable economic and political power and has played a hand in the overthrow of three presidents since 1997
Monday, April 28, 2008 - 00:00
The government of President Alvaro Uribe this week unveiled an initiative to address victims' demands: a $4-billion reparations fund to be paid out over the next 10 years by the Social Action branch of the presidency
Monday, April 28, 2008 - 00:00
Colombia said Saturday that leftist FARC guerrillas had fired five makeshift mortar rounds at army units from inside Ecuador, and it said it would file a formal note of protest demanding better border security
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 00:00
Former Sen. Mario Uribe, a cousin of the president, faces charges over alleged dealings with outlawed paramilitary groups.
Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 00:00
The farms in Lara state were taken over by army units at the request of the Chavez government's National Land Institute
Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 00:00
Two Ecuadoreans pursued legal action against Texaco and then Chevron over what they said was massive oil contamination
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 - 00:00
Many public hospitals have fallen on hard times in a nation awash in oil wealth. The childbirth death rate and cases of dengue and malaria are up, and doctors are in short supply
Thursday, March 27, 2008 - 00:00
In a statement, the ministry said informants last week brought military intelligence officers a chemical sample, which tests found to be "degraded uranium"