Chris Kraul
Saturday, February 2, 2008 - 00:00
Cartel leader, with $5 million bounty on his head, found shot to death in Venezuela
Monday, January 21, 2008 - 00:00
In unusually harsh criticism of the Venezuelan president, John P. Walters blames lack of enforcement for an increase in drug shipments
Sunday, January 20, 2008 - 00:00
The rebels should be viewed as "belligerents," Chavez said, a change that could open the way for diplomatic recognition of the groups -- at least by Venezuela
Friday, January 18, 2008 - 00:00
U.S. aid has helped the once-outmatched force gain strength and retake territory. But the change has been marked by rights abuses and security breaches
Tuesday, December 4, 2007 - 00:00
Crime, shortages, student opposition combine to help erode support for the Venezuelan president. His constitutional reform plan is narrowly defeated.
Monday, December 3, 2007 - 00:00
The Venezuelan is narrowly defeated in his effort to change the constitution to allow him to run for reelection indefinitely
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 00:00
One woman hijacked an airplane to escape her guerrilla life, another was arrested after infiltrating the military
Friday, November 23, 2007 - 00:00
The move is prompted by the Venezuelan leader's apparent breach of protocol in the prisoner exchange effort. The families of those held by FARC rebels are upset
Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 00:00
The exasperated Spanish monarch told the outspoken Venezuelan leader to shut up, and the echoes are still being heard
Friday, November 9, 2007 - 00:00
The White House drug policy director, visiting Colombia, says efforts to disrupt trafficking have cut cocaine supplies in the United States.