Simon Romero
Sunday, January 6, 2008 - 00:00
A DNA analysis released on Friday indicated that a 3-year-old boy born in the Colombian jungle to a woman kidnapped by Marxist guerrillas may have been living near his relatives, without their knowledge, in a foster home in Bogota
Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 00:00
Tens of thousands of antigovernment demonstrators flooded the streets of this city and three other provincial capitals on Saturday as four of Bolivia’s wealthiest provinces celebrated efforts to seek greater autonomy
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 00:00
The Supreme Court of Peru sentenced former President Alberto K. Fujimori on Tuesday to six years in prison for ordering an illegal search as his government was collapsing in 2000
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 00:00
Guyana and Venezuela agreed on Tuesday to establish ways to prevent Venezuelan military activities in Guyanese territory, after reports that Venezuelan soldiers had entered Guyana
Tuesday, December 4, 2007 - 00:00
Interviews in the barrios where Mr. Chavez’s support has run strong indicated that many of those no votes were as much an expression of frustration with government mismanagement as a warning to Mr. Chavez that he had finally overreached
Monday, December 3, 2007 - 00:00
Voters in this country narrowly defeated a proposed overhaul to the constitution in a contentious referendum over granting President Hugo Chavez sweeping new powers
Friday, November 30, 2007 - 00:00
Three days before a referendum that would vastly expand the powers of President Hugo Chavez, this city’s streets were packed on Thursday with tens of thousands of opponents
Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 00:00
President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday that he would sever ties with Colombia’s government and its president, Alvaro Uribe, in an escalation of a dispute
Monday, November 26, 2007 - 00:00
Venezuela and Colombia moved toward a diplomatic crisis on Sunday after an exchange of insults between President Hugo Chavez and his Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe
Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 00:00
A sweeping revision of the Constitution, expected to be approved by referendum on Dec. 2, is both bolstering Mr. Chavez’s popularity here among people who would benefit and stirring contempt from economists who declare it demagogy