Simon Romero
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 00:00
The shadowy underworld of Basque exiles in this city is coming under sharp scrutiny after recent arrests in Europe and an indictment this month from one of Spain's top judges asserting that Venezuelan intelligence officials were involved in training Basqu
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 00:00
At a time when Mr. Chavez struggles with public ire over electricity shortages and an economy in recession, the arrests show his ability to nimbly consolidate power while crisis swirls around him.
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 00:00
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has shifted strategy and awarded contracts to Western oil companies, hoping to increase his nation's flagging oil production.
Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 00:00
"One major reason why combating these groups is not a priority is that it's hard for the current government to acknowledge that a significant part of its security policy is failing," said Jose Miguel Vivanco.
Friday, January 29, 2010 - 00:00
It would be impossible to erase all this resentment in just two weeks. But the thousands of Dominicans helping the victims here may have begun chiseling away at the divisions.
Monday, January 11, 2010 - 00:00
The action, which Mr. Chavez had repeatedly ruled out in the past, came after Venezuela’s economy contracted by 2.9 percent in 2009
Monday, January 11, 2010 - 00:00
President Evo Morales's leftist government, which has asserted greater control over some of South America’s most coveted natural gas reserves, is facing a challenge as neighboring countries move to achieve energy security by cutting their dependence on
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 00:00
Mr. Chavez, left, speaking from Copenhagen on Thursday, accused the Netherlands of plotting "military aggression" against Venezuela with the United States from Aruba and Curaçao in the Dutch Antilles
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 00:00
Grave robbers are looting them for human bones, answering demand from some practitioners of a fast-growing transplanted Cuban religion called Palo that uses the bones in its ceremonies.
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 00:00
A report by Ecuador's government said American military personnel stationed at an air base in Manta helped with intelligence to plan the 2008 attack by Colombian forces on an encampment of Colombian rebels in Ecuadorean territory.