The Christian Science Monitor
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 00:00
Colombia's new President Juan Manuel Santos is hoping to mend relations with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez days after outgoing President Álvaro Uribe repeated the charge that Chavez harbors leftist guerrillas.
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 00:00
Colombia's new conservative President Juan Manuel Santos also struck a conciliatory tone as he was sworn in Saturday, despite the recent bellicose rhetoric from Venezuela's leftist leader.
Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 00:00
Now the drug violence that made Colombia so notorious has migrated to Mexico, where the army's July 29 killing of drug lord Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel was emblematic of escalating violence. Mexico is aiming to emulate Colombia's success by placing
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 00:00
Although Venezuela has expanded its trading relationship with Asia, the US is still its main oil customer.
Monday, July 19, 2010 - 00:00
Last week's Mexico car bomb in the border town of Cuidad Juarez killed three. It is the first known use of a car bomb against authorities and marks a troubling new level of violence.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 00:00
Despite Hugo Chavez's reforms, plentiful food staples at cheap prices remain a fantasy for many in Venezuela. Hours of shopping might yield only bitter coffee and unbuttered bread.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 00:00
An intelligence officer told El Espectador, a newspaper, that they agents had infiltrated the guerrilla front holding the men to such an extent that at one point "there were more members of the government forces in the camp than guerrillas."
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 00:00
Polls had suggested that upstart Antanas Mockus was in a dead heat with Juan Manuel Santos in the Colombia presidential election. But Mr. Santos won the first round handily
Friday, May 28, 2010 - 00:00
This week's arrest of Cancun mayor Gregorio Sanchez, who was running for governor, is prompting accusations that Mexico's President Felipe Calderon is targeting opposition party officials in his war against corruption and drug cartels. What does the recor
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 00:00
The gun battles in Kingston to capture Jamaican drug lord Christopher "Dukas" Coke are similar to Mexico's long war on its drug lords. Leaders in both countries first had to make a courageous decision to stand up to this menace.