Juan Forero
Monday, July 20, 2009 - 00:00
The amount of cocaine flowing into Venezuela from Colombia, Venezuela's neighbor and the world's top producer of the drug, has skyrocketed, going from an estimated 60 metric tons in 2004 to 260 metric tons in 2007
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 00:00
The two diametrically opposed views underscore the deep divisions and simmering anger evident in Honduras, where those who support Zelaya are generally poor and those who oppose him tend to come from the middle and upper classes
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 00:00
On Monday, Uribe again arrives at the White House. But this time he will encounter an administration pushing to expand its alliances in Latin America and increasingly worried about Colombia's dismal human rights record
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 00:00
Zelaya Flown to Costa Rica; Congress Votes Him Out, Names Successor
Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 00:00
In recent weeks, officials in this country - where the government controls a media apparatus devoted to glowing coverage of the president - have appeared increasingly obsessed with the 24-hour, all-news station
Saturday, June 6, 2009 - 00:00
U.S. law enforcement officials say that more than a third of the cocaine smuggled into the United States from Colombia travels in submersibles
Friday, May 22, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia, with $8 billion in U.S. backing since the late 1990s, has tried everything to eradicate the crop used to make cocaine.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 00:00
This town, what's its history?" said a Colombian intelligence agent who has tracked the FARC in this region. "It was built by the FARC"
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 00:00
Should Santos run and win, the Obama administration would have as a partner a U.S.-educated politician well versed in Washington ways, in contrast to Uribe
Monday, May 18, 2009 - 00:00
Though Uribe remains popular for having brought security and economic prosperity to a once-chaotic country, the scandals are hitting hard just as he weighs a run for a third term