Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is threatening to take over food company Empresas Polar, a company that makes the country's top beer, but it could be an unpopular move. ] . RELATED LINKS Current...
TULCAN, Ecuador -- When newly elected Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos takes office Aug. 7, there will be no welcome wagon from his neighbors. To the west is Ecuador, where Santos is facing murder charges for ordering a 2008 cross-border raid on a clandestine...
CARACAS, Venezuela - Lawmakers voted Thursday to tighten currency dealing rules and give the Central Bank control over trading in government bonds — a market where Venezuela's currency has been sliding against the U.S. dollar. Dominated by legislators loyal to...
By Hugh Bronstein January 10, 2010 BOGOTA (Reuters) - Venezuela's devaluation of its currency will further complicate its troubled commercial relationship with neighboring Colombia, where the economy is already suffering from a breakdown in cross-border trade. President...
BOGOTÁ, Colombia - A report for the U.S. Congress on drug smuggling through Venezuela concludes that corruption at high levels of President Hugo Chávez's government and state aid to Colombia's drug-trafficking guerrillas have made Venezuela...
AFGHANISTAN 5 civilians accidentally killed by U.S-led forces KABUL — U.S.-led coalition forces inadvertently killed four women and a child during a clash with militants in central Afghanistan, the military announced. Several militants also were killed and three...
(03-07) 04:00 PST San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela -- Amid more saber-rattling by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the only fireworks in this border city came from the merchants and truck drivers who loudly complained that they have become the collateral damage in...
TOOLS RESOURCES FILES RELEASED Colombia has released what it says are files from a laptop computer seized in a raid on a FARC rebel hideout. The documents indicate Hugo Chavez has been in league with the guerrillas for years, Colombia says. Venezuela says the texts are...
VENEZUELA will halt exports of foods such as milk and meat unless domestic demand is met first, the government said today, as leftist president Hugo Chavez struggles with shortages of staple products. Venezuelan shoppers have for months faced...