Hugh Bronstein
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 00:00
It was the first time U.S. authorities established a link suggesting al Qaeda is funding itself in part by providing security for drug smugglers in West Africa
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 00:00
After nearly three years in office, socialist Correa has already outlasted his three immediate predecessors, who were all ousted amid street protests and political turmoil
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 00:00
The approval rating of the firebrand socialist fell to 42 percent in a recent Cedatos Gallup poll, half of what it was in the early days of his government in 2007
Monday, November 16, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia captured four members of the Venezuelan National Guard on Colombian soil and said on Saturday it would send them home in a gesture aimed at lowering diplomatic tensions
Thursday, November 12, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia responded with a letter to the U.N. Security Council "about Venezuela's threats of using force against Colombia"
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 00:00
The attack by about 200 grenade-throwing guerrillas showed that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) can still mount offensive operations
Monday, November 9, 2009 - 00:00
"Considering the threats of war enunciated by the government of Venezuela, the government of Colombia proposes going to the Organization of American States and the Security Council of the United Nations"
Monday, November 9, 2009 - 00:00
"This is the lowest popularity rating we've ever seen for Uribe," Londono said. "When there is a scandal at a time of slow economic activity, it hurts"
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 00:00
Ecuador and Colombia agreed on Tuesday to name embassy charges d'affaires over the next two weeks as a step toward re-establishing diplomatic ties broken by Ecuador last year over a cross-border spat.
Monday, October 26, 2009 - 00:00
Herman Triana was killed in a gunfight with police as they tried to arrest him in the southern jungle province of Caqueta