William Neuman
Friday, April 11, 2014 - 00:00
It was not clear that the participants viewed the encounter as much more than a chance to score propaganda points on television.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 00:00
The fixation with the influence of Cuba in Venezuela's affairs reflects how meshed the two countries' economic and political realities remain a year after the death of Venezuela's longtime president, Hugo Chavez.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 00:00
The new exchange rate mechanism is intended to reduce the black market price of dollars, which had soared in recent months.
Friday, March 21, 2014 - 00:00
The leftist mayor of Bogota, Colombia, lost his fight to stay in office after President Juan Manuel Santos approved an order to remove him and bar him from holding public office for 15 years.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 00:00
The operation centered on a public square, Plaza Francia, in the city’s well-off Altamira district, where virtually every night up to hundreds of young protesters gathered to engage in battles with the police and National Guard.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 00:00
The operation centered on a public square, Plaza Francia, in the city's well-off Altamira district, where virtually every night up to hundreds of young protesters gathered to engage in battles with the police and National Guard
Monday, March 17, 2014 - 00:00
The political battle royale playing out between the mayor of Bogota and the country’s powerful inspector general, who ordered him removed from office, has been compared to a Latin soap opera
Monday, March 17, 2014 - 00:00
Mr. Maduro has tried to blunt the greatest political challenge to his young presidency in two distinct ways: He has projected an image of openness and inclusion, while simultaneously cracking down
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 00:00
These two deaths, among more than 20 that the government says are linked to over a month of protests, are emblematic of a spiral of violence that people on both sides of this country's bitter political divide seem increasingly willing to accept.
Monday, March 10, 2014 - 00:00
With more than 90 percent of the votes counted, Mr. Uribe's Democratic Center Party and one of the parties in Mr. Santos's coalition, the U Party, were vying for the lead in votes.