Forget the horny Secret Service agents and their Colombian hookers. It was U.S. diplomacy that really got screwed at this weekend’s Summit of the Americas in Cartagena.... Read more»
Steven Dyer, a regular on America’s Most Wanted, is back in police custody after a decade running from a dozen sexual abuse charges in Arizona.... Read more»
Mexico’s deadly Sinaloa drug cartel is pushing into the Dominican Republic, suggesting cartels see the Caribbean as a supplement to the Central America corridor — a shift U.S. officials have feared.... Read more»
With Latin American markets becoming more stable, consumers south of the border are raising a dram. Scotland’s whisky industry has long placed its bets on Asian countries as drivers of growth, but as Latin Americans’ taste for global luxury increases, distillers are hedging their bets.... Read more»
The quick kidnap and release of Mexico’s ambassador to Venezuela Sunday night highlights the country’s issues with security. Caracas is often listed amongst the most dangerous cities in the world, ranked alongside war zones.... Read more»
The U.S. Men’s national team dominated Venezuela, but it took last minute heroics from Ricardo Clark to give the Nats the victory.... Read more»2
With inmates wielding machine guns, rifles and grenades and guards often unwilling to enter the overcrowded buildings for fear of their own death, jails in Venezuela have become a lawless territory that magnify the violence outside their walls.... Read more»
Gunmen kidnapped Washington Nationals player Wilson Ramos on Wednesday from his home in native Venezuela.... Read more»
Hugo Chavez, always the socialist crusader, announced that he intended to seize the yachts and property of the luxury resort Los Roques — including the houses of some of Venezuela’s wealthiest businessmen — and make use of the resources for state tourism.... Read more»
A Venezuelan doctor who said President Hugo Chavez would die of cancer within two years has fled the country.... Read more»
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to his country after five days in Cuba for medical tests and told supporters Thursday that he is cancer-free.... Read more»
President Hugo Chavez has already announced his intention to run for a fourth term, despite his current battle with cancer. His government says it will build 350,000 free or low-cost homes, and offer cheap home loans ahead of the vote.... Read more»
Even after rebels breached Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli on Tuesday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez — a friend and ally of Gaddafi’s — said that his country only recognizes “one government” in Libya, “the one led by Muammar Gaddafi.”... Read more»
The governments of Venezuela and Cuba released images late Tuesday of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to show that the socialist leader is recovering from an operation amid speculation that he has prostate cancer.
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Speculation in Venezuela is growing over President Hugo Chavez’s health, two weeks after he underwent surgery in Cuba for what was said to be a pelvic abscess.... Read more»
New undersea fiberoptic cable is due to go online this summer and once Cuban authorities finally turn on the juice, bandwidth capacity for the least-connected country in the hemisphere will leap by a factor of 3,000.... Read more»
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