Jim Wyss
Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 00:00
South American leaders are meeting in Ecuador Thursday to discuss a week-long crisis over rebel camps involving Colombia and Venezuela.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 00:00
With vital legislative elections looming Sept. 26, the government has given notice that no media outlet is too large -- or small -- to escape scrutiny.
Friday, July 16, 2010 - 00:00
Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday that he hoped to repair his nation's tattered relationship with Venezuela and Ecuador -- even as the Colombian government threatened to open fresh wounds.
Friday, July 16, 2010 - 00:00
Colombian President-elect Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday that he hoped to repair his nation's tattered relationship with Venezuela and Ecuador -- even as the Colombian government threatened to open fresh wounds.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 00:00
With economic problems piling up at home, Venezuela has emerged as a big player and big spender in the Haitian recovery effort.
Friday, July 2, 2010 - 00:00
For four months during 1996-1997 Luis Giampietri and 71 others were held hostage at the Japanese Embassy in Peru by the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. Among the Marxist rebels' demands: release their jailed members, including New York-born activist L
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 00:00
When newly elected Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos takes office Aug. 7, there will be no welcome wagon from his neighbors.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 00:00
Experts say it's too soon to talk about a regional arms race. But the trend is worrisome enough that it was the central issue of the 40th General Assembly of the Organization of American States.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 00:00
At the annual meeting of the Organization of American States, the one item not on the agenda seemed to be the one item on everyone's mind: Honduras.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - 00:00
As representatives of 32 nations gathered in Lima for the 40th general assembly of the OAS, the subject kept coming back to the Central American nation that was kicked out of the organization last year in the wake of a coup.