The Miami Herald
Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 00:00
Henrique Capriles Radonski and Leopoldo Lopez said they would not be changing their campaign strategies in the face of Chavez’s revelation last week that he has cancer.
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 00:00
Venezuela is one of the Latin American countries that has benefitted from the biggest economic windfall in recent years, but it has squandered it in cash subsidies and grandiose international propaganda projects.
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 00:00
I called the National Rifle Association's press office about a half-dozen times over several days for an official reaction to the report, but was told that all NRA spokespersons were too busy to respond.
Friday, June 24, 2011 - 00:00
As Mexico has interrupted transit routes across its territory and along its coasts, drug cartels have been moving into Guatemala and countries to the south.
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 00:00
Battered by onetime underlings seeking control of his violent criminal syndicate, Mendez Vargas, whose known as "El Chango," or The Monkey, had in recent weeks fled his home turf of Michoacan state and sought help from leaders of Los Zetas.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
Details were sparse of what led police to Mendez Vargas, a burly 37-year-old with a bounty of $2.55 million on his head.
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 00:00
Kevin Sullivan, the state department's point man on economic policy in the Western Hemisphere, said in a recent interview that the plan is now to send all three agreements to Congress separately but over the next few months.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 00:00
Ollanta Humala has cancelled a scheduled trip to Venezuela, at least for now, and has declared that his country is a strategic ally of the United States in its struggle against drug trafficking.
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 00:00
For the time being, Humala won’t be a Chàvez. Most likely, he will be a mix between former Ecuadoran president Lucio Gutierrez, and El Salvador’s President Mauricio Funes.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 00:00
Unlike former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva - who did a good job at home, but spent much of his time praising foreign tyrants - President Dilma Rousseff is taking small steps to take distance.