Simon Romero
Monday, January 2, 2012 - 00:00
An international arbitration panel has ruled that Venezuela must pay Exxon Mobil more than $900 million in a long-simmering dispute over the nationalization of Exxon's assets in Venezuela's Orinoco Belt, one of the most coveted oil reserves outside the Mi
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 00:00
Brazil has begun to face the possibility that in the realm of human rights — unlike on regional economic and diplomatic matters — the mantle of leadership may not come so easily
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 00:00
The package was a break from policies earlier this year when the authorities actively sought to cool an economy thought to be overheating
Monday, November 14, 2011 - 00:00
About 3,000 police officers and soldiers moved into one of the largest slums here on Sunday in a pivotal effort by the government to assert control over lawless areas of the city ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Friday, November 11, 2011 - 00:00
On Wednesday, Wilson Ramos, a promising catcher for the Washington Nationals, was taken by several men outside his parents' house east of Valencia, a city of more than two million people that is the third largest in Venezuela.
Friday, November 11, 2011 - 00:00
One of Brazil's most-wanted drug lords has been captured, the authorities here announced Thursday, taken around midnight from the trunk of a car while he was attempting to flee Rocinha, one of this city's largest slums, ahead of a bid by security forces t
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 00:00
"Power has shifted from one side of Avenida Arce to the other," said Fernando Molina, a local newspaper columnist, referring to the street in La Paz where the Brazilian ambassador’s residence sits opposite the towering embassy of the United St
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 00:00
The killing of the top commander of Colombia's largest guerrilla group dealt what might be the most severe blow yet to the four-decade-old insurgency, but security experts said Saturday that the rebels still had the ability to regroup and carry on the fig
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 00:00
"While working there, I always sensed people's constant awareness, even fear, of the armed groups," said Mr. Arnal, who traveled by canoe up Choco's rivers and on foot, making it to remote communities like La Planta and El Paso.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 00:00
Petrobras's annual spending, estimated at more than $45 billion through 2020, might surpass NASA’s budget in the 1960s — when it was preparing to send a man to the moon