The Wall Street Journal
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 00:00
Mr. Pinera, who has investments in an airline, a television network and a soccer club, is trying to close the curtain on the two-decade reign of the Concertacion and become Chile's first conservative president since the end of the dictatorship of Augusto
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 00:00
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez appears to be using political jiu-jitsu in turning a worrisome banking crisis into a get-tough-on-corruption campaign
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 00:00
If no candidate wins a majority in the first round of voting, the two top finishers would face each other in a January runoff. The poll has Mr. Pinera winning a runoff against Mr. Frei by 43% to 37%
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 00:00
President Hugo Chavez scrambled to distance his government from a brewing banking and corruption scandal that claimed one of his closest collaborators on Sunday and could claim other top officials
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 00:00
Second Term Expected to Bring More Ambitious Economic Changes; Ruling Party Poised to Take Over Senate
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 00:00
China has replaced Venezuela as Colombia's second-largest trading partner, as Colombia's oil exports to China have multiplied more than 50-fold over the last year
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 00:00
Mr. Uribe's efforts to hang onto power by altering the constitution, so that he can run in the May presidential election for a third term, will undermine the gains the nation has made and jeopardize future progress
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 00:00
Jesse Chacon, who currently serves as Science and Technology Minister, offered his resignation after his brother, Arne Chacon, turned himself in to the Venezuelan secret police on Saturday as part of a widening probe by prosecutors into the financial syst
Friday, December 4, 2009 - 00:00
Exports to Venezuela in October slumped to $195 million, down from $661 million in October 2008, after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said his country would substitute Colombian imports with products from other countries
Friday, December 4, 2009 - 00:00
The populist leader may have fanned the fire when he assured Venezuelans twice this week that he stood ready to stem any crisis -- not with credit lines to troubled banks, but with a promise to take over more lenders