Associated Press
Sunday, March 9, 2008 - 00:00
The rebel, known simply as Rojas, said the Colombian troops were closing in on his guerrilla column and he wanted out of the fight. But the rebels shoot deserters — so instead he murdered his commander and fled
Friday, February 1, 2008 - 00:00
President Hugo Chavez's drive to halt food-smuggling into Colombia is hurting thousands of his own countrymen whose livelihood has depended on the free flow of goods
Friday, February 1, 2008 - 00:00
Naranjo said he fired Martinez on Jan. 18, immediately after he was caught — along with his wife and 16-year-old daughter — escorting wanted trafficker Miguel Angel Mejia in a three-auto motorcade
Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 00:00
Acting President Raul Castro — not his older brother Fidel — was the top vote-getter in Cuban parliamentary elections, according to official results Wednesday
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 00:00
The standoff at the Banco Provincial branch was the longest in at least a decade in Venezuela, and every twist and turn became a spectacle in TV and radio news across the country and in neighboring Colombia
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 00:00
Though he denounced terrorism and said he hoped the hostages would be released, Ricardo Palmera restated his allegiance to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Monday, January 28, 2008 - 00:00
Chavez made the suggestion as he hosted a summit aimed at boosting Latin American integration and countering U.S. influence
Friday, January 25, 2008 - 00:00
The top U.S. diplomat for Latin America said on the eve of a trip to Colombia by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that he sees no signs of potential armed conflict between the volatile Andean nation and its neighbor Venezuela
Friday, January 25, 2008 - 00:00
Free trade has never been a popular issue among Democrats. But the timing of this deal couldn't be worse: in the middle of a presidential campaign with the country jittery about a possible recession
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 00:00
Venezuelan troops are cracking down on the smuggling of food and gasoline along the border with Colombia, seizing truckloads of contraband amid a bitter feud