Tim Padgett
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 - 00:00
There are at least six reasons to doubt that the bluster could morph into bullets
Monday, March 3, 2008 - 00:00
While the cultivation of coca, cocaine's raw material, is up again, the FARC is down
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 00:00
Pundits who had expected an infusion of youth into Cuba's Paleolithic hierarchy were roundly disappointed
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
Raul, 76, has pushed a more pragmatic, even reform-minded agenda that has encouraged limited public debate — and, just as important, worked to undermine hard-line fidelistas like Alarcon
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 - 00:00
What Chavez discovered as he rang in 2008 last night is that the grapes of time sour pretty quickly in violence-torn Colombia
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 00:00
The panic set in around 7 p.m. Sunday evening, when the news arrived from inside Venezuela's National Election Commission (CNE), which is dominated by allies of President Hugo Chavez
Monday, December 3, 2007 - 00:00
It was a sign that things perhaps weren't looking good for the fiery, anti-U.S. leader Sunday night when he didn't appear on the balcony of Miraflores, the Caracas presidential palace
Sunday, December 2, 2007 - 00:00
This week thousands of students braved police tear gas to demonstrate against the socialist proposals
Friday, November 30, 2007 - 00:00
Hugo Chavez is quite likely to squeak through with a win in this weekend's referendum — legitimately. Nonetheless, critics say he may be morphing into a "democratator"
Monday, September 24, 2007 - 00:00
Both books contain important insights, and are welcome additions to our understanding of Venezuela — particularly this week, when Chavez, who is challenging Washington's hemispheric hegemony, is due to bring his anti-U.S. theatrics back to New York