Rory Carroll
Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 00:00
The clashes underlined combustible tensions on the eve of Sunday's referendum, which will ask voters whether Morales and provincial governors should stay in power
Monday, July 7, 2008 - 00:00
Ingrid Betancourt appears poised to relaunch a political career in Colombia following the euphoria of her liberation
Monday, July 7, 2008 - 00:00
Venezuelan military officers have expressed growing alarm at attempts by President Hugo Chavez to turn the armed forces into a political instrument of his socialist revolution
Thursday, July 3, 2008 - 00:00
Ingrid Betancourt was savouring freedom last night after Colombia's security forces duped guerrillas into releasing her and 14 other hostages from a secret camp deep in the jungle.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 00:00
Marisabel Rodriguez, the former first lady, plans to run for mayor of Barquisimeto, the capital of Lara state, in November
Monday, May 26, 2008 - 00:00
Manuel "Sureshot" Marulanda, the founder and commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), died of a heart attack on March 26
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 00:00
One of the world's richest cities received £15m in subsidised diesel - gracias, Uncle Hugo - and in return the cracked concrete craze that is Caracas received ... Hmm, not the easiest sentence to finish
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 00:00
The guerrilla, 45, was under pressure from Colombia's US-backed security forces as well as her own family, who reportedly pleaded with her to quit before she was killed
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 00:00
The surge in demand has sustained a ruthless landgrab by rightwing paramilitary groups in Colombia's rural areas, War on Want, a London-based advocacy group, says
Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 00:00
The twins led a gang which, from the 1990s, allegedly smuggled huge quantities of cocaine from South America's top producer to the US