Jim Wyss
Friday, October 11, 2013 - 00:00
The soaring consumer price index gives Venezuela the highest inflation in the hemisphere.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 00:00
The push will be a test of opposition unity and discipline. Maduro will need at least one opposition vote to win the three-fifths majority required for decree powers.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 00:00
The latest push for ambassadorial representation was troubled from the start.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - 00:00
For the foreseeable future, diplomatic relations are likely to remain tense.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 00:00
Leaders of the Americas are bringing their own agendas, including allegations of U.S. meddling, development in the Caribbean and peace in Colombia.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - 00:00
A coalition of environmental and indigenous groups took the first step in that fight by taking a proposed referendum question to the Constitutional Court. The question reads: Are you in agreement that the Ecuadorean government keep the crude in the ITT, k
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 00:00
At least 46 people have been detained and 56 police have been wounded as a national strike entered its second day.
Thursday, August 8, 2013 - 00:00
Without specifically naming Lopez, Maduro confirmed that security forces had detained "the chief of the dons of the right-wing mafia".
Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 00:00
Although he provided few details, Cabello said Posada Carriles is working with former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to hatch the plot, which he claimed had raised $2.5 million and amassed 400 mercenaries.
Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 00:00
Civilians accounted for 82 percent of all conflict-related deaths, and one out of every three violent deaths can be blamed on the conflict