Patrick Markey
Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Ecuador's Rafael Correa have used constituent assemblies to counter intransigent traditional political parties and amend constitutions to extend their time in office
Monday, June 8, 2009 - 00:00
Applauded for battling leftist rebels, Uribe has a Teflon-like talent for dodging scandal, and charges of espionage, army murders and weak growth will likely dent rather than damage his political armor
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - 00:00
Uribe left Colombians scratching their heads on whether he plans to run for re-election next year after he said a third term would be inconvenient, but just an hour later acknowledged he was at a crossroads
Friday, May 22, 2009 - 00:00
But on one question even he admits he is wavering: Should he stay or should he go?
Monday, April 20, 2009 - 00:00
If U.S. President Barack Obama needed a reminder that times have changed in the Americas, his fellow presidents gave him one when Air Force One touched down in Trinidad and Tobago for a regional summit.
Friday, March 6, 2009 - 00:00
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters in Bogota the Andean country's ideas on counterinsurgency, building governance in areas once abandoned by the state and economic development were fundamental
Monday, February 16, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuela's opposition believed at last they could defeat their "Goliath." But they were wrong again
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia's FARC guerrillas freed four hostages to a Red Cross commission on Sunday in the first negotiated handover of captives in a year
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 00:00
Bombings have been rare in the capital since President Alvaro Uribe began a U.S.-backed crackdown on leftist rebels
Monday, January 26, 2009 - 00:00
Brazil will supply at least two helicopters and crew to fly into the jungles to pick up the hostages once a deal has been brokered