Simon Romero
Monday, March 23, 2009 - 00:00
The arrest of the cocaine brokers, identified as Jose Joaquin Montes Ovalles and Maria Lilian Castellanos Poveda, may add to tension between the United States and Venezuela
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 00:00
The war against the Shining Path rebels, which took nearly 70,000 lives, supposedly ended in 2000
Monday, March 16, 2009 - 00:00
The move points to a spreading radicalization by Mr. Chavez, as he responds to a slowing economy and the gains made by his opponents
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 00:00
While the anxiety is palpable in Antigua, the greatest flurry of activity appears to be unfolding in the rest of Latin America, where the impact of Stanford International’s presence is expected to ripple through several economies.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 00:00
Time will tell if Mr. Chavez will moderate his platform and reach out to the opposition he has so often derided. But his capacity to evolve while in power is undisputed
Monday, February 9, 2009 - 00:00
In the final days before a referendum that will determine whether President Hugo Chavez can run for re-election indefinitely, campaigning has taken on a noticeable, and sometimes ugly, edge
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 00:00
While estimates vary widely, some geologists say electric-car manufacturers could draw on Bolivia’s lithium reserves for decades to come
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 00:00
The vandals broke into Tiferet Israel, a Sephardic synagogue in the Mariperez district of Caracas
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 00:00
In some ways, the rise and fall of Mr. Murcia, a child of Bogota’s slums who clawed his way into Colombia’s elite, may be even more exceptional than Mr. Madoff’s
Monday, January 26, 2009 - 00:00
If that margin holds or goes higher, it would strengthen Mr. Morales’s mandate, political analysts here said