The New York Times
Monday, May 26, 2008 - 00:00
CARACAS, Venezuela — Manuel Marulanda, the guerrilla tactician whose rise from peasant origins to top commander of Latin America’s largest rebel group was a mythical feature of Colombia’s long internal war, died on March 26 in a mountainous hideout
Friday, May 23, 2008 - 00:00
The United States Congress has scaled back on President Bush’s anti-drug plans for Mexico and put human rights conditions on some of the aid, drawing fire from some Mexicans who accuse American lawmakers of meddling
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 00:00
Senator John McCain used a speech here marking Cuban independence day in a critical swing state to continue to hammer Senator Barack Obama
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 00:00
The defense minister said Monday that an American fighter plane violated Venezuelan airspace over the weekend, prompting the government here to summon the United States ambassador to explain the incident
Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 00:00
In the 1960s and ’70s, generals here saw the colonization of the Brazilian Amazon, which is half the size of Europe, as a national security priority
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 00:00
To the relief of organizers of a summit meeting here of leaders from Latin America and Europe on Friday, the encounter was notable for being relatively free of insults being flung publicly
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 00:00
Hugo Chavez is intensifying state control of the Venezuelan economy through a new wave of takeovers of private companies and the creation of government-controlled ventures with allies like Cuba and Iran
Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 00:00
President Leonel Fernandez won a third term in office largely as a result of a campaign gift to the populace that dwarfed those of his six opponents: a shiny new subway system
Monday, May 12, 2008 - 00:00
Ms. Rodriguez emerged as a vocal critic of Mr. Chavez’s policies last year by urging voters to reject his constitutional reform package
Monday, May 12, 2008 - 00:00
To Ecuadoreans, Manta is a flash point in a regional debate over the limits of American power in Latin America