Simon Romero
Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 00:00
Colombia's army has suspended seven officers and soldiers for failing to control their troops in connection with the brutal murders last month of three impoverished children.
Friday, October 15, 2010 - 00:00
In the predawn hours of Oct. 17, 1973 - 37 years before the mine rescue, almost to the day - military personnel murdered 16 men near here.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 00:00
With anxious anticipation increasingly yielding to exuberant celebration, more than a third of the haggard men trapped under a half-mile of rock for more than two months have emerged to the arms of their families and an electrified nation.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 00:00
The effort to save Mr. Mamani, 24, may even build upon a recent thaw between the countries, which despite sharing a long border have been distanced for more than a century.
Friday, October 1, 2010 - 00:00
The chaos raised new doubts over the stability of a country that had churned through eight different presidencies in the decade before Mr. Correa was first elected in 2006.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 00:00
President Hugo Chavez and his opposition might be ready to square off in an unlikely place: one of Venezuela's beleaguered institutions, its legislature.
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 00:00
“The FARC are crumbling from within,” said Rodrigo Rivera, Colombia’s defense minister, in announcing the operation.
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 00:00
The country claims in figures it gives the United Nations that it vies with historically egalitarian Uruguay for Latin America’s most equitable income distribution, as a result of oil-financed social welfare programs.
Monday, August 30, 2010 - 00:00
Few leaders in Latin America embody the rise and fall of political fortunes like Mr. Garcia.
Monday, August 23, 2010 - 00:00
Caracas itself is almost unrivaled among large cities in the Americas for its homicide rate, which currently stands at around 200 per 100,000 inhabitants.