Simon Romero
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 00:00
Hugo Chavez is intensifying state control of the Venezuelan economy through a new wave of takeovers of private companies and the creation of government-controlled ventures with allies like Cuba and Iran
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 00:00
To the relief of organizers of a summit meeting here of leaders from Latin America and Europe on Friday, the encounter was notable for being relatively free of insults being flung publicly
Monday, May 12, 2008 - 00:00
Ms. Rodriguez emerged as a vocal critic of Mr. Chavez’s policies last year by urging voters to reject his constitutional reform package
Monday, May 12, 2008 - 00:00
To Ecuadoreans, Manta is a flash point in a regional debate over the limits of American power in Latin America
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 00:00
Government electricity officials gave different reasons for the blackout, which began at 4 p.m. here and lasted more than two hours in parts of Caracas
Monday, April 28, 2008 - 00:00
In an interview after the two men met, Mr. Richardson said that Mr. Chavez, who in recent months attempted his own mediation with the Marxist-inspired Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, welcomed Mr. Richardson’s efforts
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 00:00
“Colombia is not in the time of crisis, but in the time of remedies,” Mr. Uribe said in an interview here Monday night at Casa de Narino
Monday, April 21, 2008 - 00:00
Chafing at ties between American intelligence agencies and Ecuadorean military officials, President Rafael Correa is purging the armed forces of top commanders and pressing ahead with plans to cast out more than 100 members of the American military from a
Monday, April 14, 2008 - 00:00
Killings of union members are emerging as a pressing issue in Washington as Democrats and Republicans battle over a trade deal with Colombia, the Bush administration’s top ally in Latin America.
Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 00:00
Officials here said they believed that the official in question was Gen. Hugo Carvajal, the director of military intelligence in Venezuela, a confidant of Mr. Chavez and perhaps Venezuela’s most powerful intelligence official