Reuters
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 00:00
With National Assembly elections looming for late 2010, both the government and the opposition have latched onto Barrio Adentro in recent weeks as a totemic issue
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 00:00
With Chavez firmly controlling local politics and still enjoying high popularity ratings during his 11th year in office, what challenges are there to his grip on power?
Monday, October 26, 2009 - 00:00
Herman Triana was killed in a gunfight with police as they tried to arrest him in the southern jungle province of Caqueta
Monday, October 26, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuela said on Sunday at least 10 members of an amateur Colombian soccer team had been found dead after being kidnapped on its side of the border
Friday, October 23, 2009 - 00:00
This unprecedented, coordinated U.S. law enforcement action is the largest ever undertaken against a Mexican drug cartel
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 00:00
The city's murder rate has more than doubled since the 2008 extradition of its main crime boss, known as Don Berna, which left a power vacuum
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 00:00
Grassley's tough language reflects Republican frustration with White House inaction on free trade pacts with Panama, Colombia and South Korea
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 00:00
Salvatore Mancuso testified Santos had proposed in the late 1990s creating a paramilitary group to tackle rebels fighting around Bogota
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 00:00
Gunmen shot the two town council members in Sumapaz municipality in what appeared to be a rare FARC rebel attack near the Colombian capital
Monday, October 19, 2009 - 00:00
The union at Cerro Verde, one of Peru's largest copper pits, said on Monday it was not participating in the walkout called by the national federation of mining workers.