Juan Forero
Monday, December 8, 2008 - 00:00
If Chavez wins that vote, to be held as early as February, the former army paratrooper could rule until at least 2019 -- 20 years after he first took office
Friday, December 5, 2008 - 00:00
The attorney general's office said that perhaps as many as 4 million people in a country of 44 million lost money, an estimated $1 billion in four hard-hit southern states alone
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 00:00
Opposition leaders on Monday characterized the victories as a product of the frustrations urban Venezuelans feel with mounting crime and other social ills
Monday, November 24, 2008 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's allies won a hefty majority of state governorships in Sunday's elections, but the opposition secured important victories by winning the mayor's seat in greater Caracas and two economically vital states
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 00:00
The commander of Colombia's US-backed army resigned after an investigation implicated three generals and other officers under his command in the killings of civilians later presented as enemy combatants killed in battle
Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 00:00
Youths' Deaths Attributed To Stress on Body Counts
Friday, October 24, 2008 - 00:00
The Miami trial of a Venezuelan entrepreneur who grew rich doing business with Hugo Chavezn has exposed how some top government officials have profited from a corrosive web of corruption in the oil-rich country
Monday, October 20, 2008 - 00:00
Venezuela's oil-fueled economy is deeply intertwined with the United States and is poised to face major challenges as the crisis pushes down the price of crude
Friday, October 17, 2008 - 00:00
The report accused Uribe of trying to obstruct the probes, instead of supporting them as he claims in his frequent trips to Washington
Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 00:00
The government is ramping up the warnings like never before and taking the requisite actions against what officials say are shadowy assassination plots and U.S.-orchestrated destabilizing plans