Juan Forero
Friday, March 29, 2013 - 00:00
These days, the Surui are perhaps the most technology-savvy tribe in the Amazon.
Monday, March 11, 2013 - 00:00
Pollsters and political analysts say that Capriles's charisma and seasoning as a campaigner could be too little to defeat Chavez's chosen successor so soon after his death.
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 00:00
The death of the 58-year-old leaves a void that will be difficult to fill for the radical leaders who rose to power in the region after Chavez was swept into office.
Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 00:00
"For Brazil to keep up with demand, two giant dams, just like this one, must go up every year"
Friday, January 25, 2013 - 00:00
Brazil shares half of its 10,000-mile-long border with the world's three biggest cocaine producers, Bolivia, Colombia and Peru
Friday, January 11, 2013 - 00:00
Tens of thousands of President Hugo Chavez's red-shirted followers convened outside the presidential palace, three regional leaders flew in for the festivities, and Venezuelan officials delivered fiery revolutionary speeches
Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 00:00
"We want to start small and go from that, diplomacy 101," the official said. The idea is to then go on to broader talks on issues important to the United States
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - 00:00
Since June 2011, Chavez has had four cancer surgeries, though Venezuelans still have not been told what kind of cancer he has, exactly where in his body the cancerous tissue was detected or what the prognosis for recovery is
Monday, January 7, 2013 - 00:00
The environmentalists are facing one tough farming advocate in Abreu, a senator, landowner and head of the country's most powerful Big Agro association
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 00:00
Crack has been in Brazil since the 1990s, but its use exploded in the past six years, according to health and police officials. The reasons, they say, are proximity and porosity