William Neuman
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 00:00
Declaring victory over what he called a "media dictatorship," President Rafael Correa of Ecuador said Monday that he would pardon three newspaper executives and a columnist who were sentenced to three years in prison in a libel case.
Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 00:00
A day before the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn President Bashar al-Assad of Syria this month for his bloody crackdown on the uprising in his country, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela was conducting a very different kind
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 00:00
The announcement comes at the start of what could be Mr. Chavez's most challenging re-election campaign since he first took office in 1999.
Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 00:00
The nation's highest court on Tuesday ordered the opposition coalition that organized the primary to turn over to the government records containing the names of the more than three million people who participated.
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 00:00
Mr. Capriles, a political moderate, will challenge Mr. Chavez in the general election scheduled for Oct. 7, which will inevitably be seen as a referendum on the socialist incumbent's tenure.
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 00:00
Mr. Flores ran the faction in an area known as the Huallaga, Peru's second-largest coca producing region.
Monday, January 9, 2012 - 00:00
Last month a news report had asserted that Ms. Acosta had taken part in discussions about possible cyberattacks against the United States while she was stationed in the Venezuelan Embassy in Mexico