News Source: United Press International
| 18 days ago
Severe shortages of electricity and water pose a growing risk to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Bolivarian revolution that is powered largely by the country's petroleum revenues. Venezuela is sensitive to any suggestion that the shortages...
News Source: United Press International
| 18 days ago
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is once again under fire over the contents of a security pact that permits wide-ranging U.S. access to Colombian military bases as part of counter-narcotic and counter-terrorism operations in South America.
News Source: Seattle Times
| 19 days ago
Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez's government is sending 15,000 soldiers to the border with Colombia, saying the military buildup is needed to increase security, combat drug trafficking and root out paramilitary groups. The deployment to the...