Simon Romero
Monday, September 8, 2008 - 00:00
Perhaps only in a country like this, where rural guerrilla warfare and brutal counterinsurgencies have ground on for decades, can such extreme dysfunction seem ordinary
Monday, September 8, 2008 - 00:00
President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Venezuela could engage in naval exercises with Russian ships in the Caribbean before the end of the year
Friday, August 29, 2008 - 00:00
Mr. Morales, a former grower of coca, the raw ingredient of cocaine, is both an antagonist and an active partner in American antidrug policy for the region
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 00:00
Feeding the Pachamama, whom the Aymara also call Mother Earth or Mother Virgin, involves an intricate web of symbolic gestures incorporating coca leaves, bootleg spirits and dead animals
Monday, August 11, 2008 - 00:00
Despite the apparent victories by some opposition governors, Mr. Morales’s hand was strengthened by the seeming defeat of two governors, in the capital, La Paz, and here in Cochabamba
Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 00:00
Reports on national television, citing preliminary vote counts, said that Mr. Morales, a former coca farmer whose pro-indigenous policies and alliance with President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela have irritated the Bush administration, had won the referendum w
Thursday, August 7, 2008 - 00:00
At least 38 people have died, including 16 since the start of June
Wednesday, August 6, 2008 - 00:00
His actions open a new stage of confrontation between his government and the political opposition
Wednesday, August 6, 2008 - 00:00
CARACAS, Venezuela — A mystery disease has killed dozens of Warao Indians in recent months in a remote area of northeastern Venezuela, according to indigenous leaders and researchers from the University of California at Berkeley, who informed health off
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - 00:00
President Hugo Chavez is using his decree powers to enact a set of socialist-inspired measures that seem based on a package of constitutional changes that voters rejected last year. His actions open a new stage of confrontation between his government and