Chris Kraul
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's ruling Socialist Party won a majority in parliament, but the opposition surpassed the crucial one-third of seats.
Monday, September 27, 2010 - 00:00
Plan Colombia appears to have brought more security to a nation the Pentagon once said was on the road to being a narco-state. But dissenters say the crackdown has a dark side.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 00:00
Venezuela leader Hugo Chavez and Colombia's new president, Juan Manuel Santos, seek to improve ties strained by allegations that Venezuela is sheltering its neighbor's rebels.
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 00:00
Despite the challenges, Santos has the opportunity to move Colombia to "second base," in economist Thoumi's words, by modernizing a country rich in potential whose development has been retarded by decades of civil war and violence.
Friday, July 30, 2010 - 00:00
The channel's newsreaders and reporters - who make no pretense of impartiality and are undeterred by harassment and threats of a takeover - regularly blast the president with slanted coverage.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 00:00
What set the craft apart from semi-submersible craft that drug traffickers have used for years was a complex ballast system that would have enabled it to dive as deep as 65 feet before surfacing.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 00:00
Acting on a tip, police find Christopher 'Dudus' Coke disguised as a woman.
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 00:00
Police Brig. Gen. Luis Herlindo Mendieta and Col. Enrique Murillo had been held hostage by FARC since November 1998. Details of the rescue operation have not been disclosed.
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 00:00
Former Bogota mayor and Green Party presidential candidate Antanas Mockus discusses his unexpected success, Plan Colombia and what he likes about Hugo Chavez
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 - 00:00
Output is expected to reach at least 1.2 million barrels a day by the end of 2012, one oil company official says, nearly double the average daily production reached last year.