Chris Kraul
Monday, May 10, 2010 - 00:00
The army officer's family immediately criticized the verdict as unjust and said imprisoning him was a means of silencing a prominent critic.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 00:00
Chavez seems at a loss as to how to respond, political analyst Ricardo Sucre said, and an increasing number of supporters, suffering from rampant inflation, high crime, scarcities and power outages, are feeling "Chavez fatigue."
Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 00:00
A proposal to build a container port in a pristine bay on Colombia's coast frequented by humpback whales has raised an outcry among environmentalists who say the project would put the giant mammals at risk.
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 00:00
Felipe Munoz, 39, a lifelong technocrat who studied at Columbia University and the London School of Economics, was brought in to reform DAS in January 2009.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 00:00
Vitalmiro Bastos de Moura, whose 2007 conviction had been overturned, is found guilty of plotting the murder of nun Dorothy Stang, a longtime advocate for Brazil's landless peasants.
Thursday, April 8, 2010 - 00:00
By decimating palm groves, the disease is eliminating an alternative crop to coca, cocaine's raw material.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 00:00
A Brazilian helicopter crew flew Moncayo about 100 miles to Florencia, the state capital, late Tuesday.
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 00:00
Ortega Diaz said Zuloaga was jailed on charges of contempt and for offending the chief executive of the republic, as well as for statements made during the Inter American Press Assn. meeting.
Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 00:00
Oswaldo Alvarez Paz said in a TV program that Venezuela has become a drug-trafficking hub. Opponents say his arrest is the latest effort by President Hugo Chavez's government to suppress dissent.
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 00:00
Rendon, 44, is cooperating with authorities in Colombia investigating mass killings and forced displacements of thousands of poor farmers, a factor cited by the court