Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez sent troops to take over companies that provide services for the oil industry. “This is a revolutionary offensive,” he told workers near Lake Maracaibo.
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez defied the request of his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe to help catch FARC guerrillas that apparently fled to Venezuelan territory after a deadly battle.
Peru's Supreme Court revoked the pardon of ex-dictator Alberto Fujimori, ordering him back to prison. His supporters in Congress are drafting a law to make the pardon permanent, but this is on dubious constitutional grounds and violates international human rights treaties. Meanwhile, survivors of the Fujimori-era "dirty war" continue to seek justice for the crimes of that period. One campaign is to block right-wing candidate Daniel Urresti, accused in the assassination of journalist Hugo Bustíos, from running for mayor of Lima. (Photo: Diario Uno)
Caracas has recalled its ambassador from Lima in response to Peru’s decision to grant political asylum to wanted Venezuelan opposition leader Manuel Rosales.
Bolivian authorities say the dismantling of a commando made up mainly of foreign mercenaries could lead to the people behind around a dozen different attacks carried out since 2006 in Santa Cruz.
Extradited and convicted paramilitary warlord “Don Berna” wants a commission of Colombian congressmen to visit him in his US prison to continue his collaboration with Colombian justice.
Two men who fought for Croatian independence in the 1990s are among five the Bolivian government says planned to kill President Evo Morales. Three were killed in a shoot-out with police.
Manuel Rosales, mayor of Venezuela’s second city Maracaibo, has dropped out of sight after President Hugo Chávez vowed on national TV to have him imprisoned.
Daniel RendĂłn Herrera AKA “Don Mario,” Colombia’s most wanted drug lord, was captured in Urabá with 30 henchmen. He is accused of involvement in 3,000 homicides over the last 18 months.
The commander of a remnant faction of Peru’s Shining Path guerilla movement pledged more attacks after their 11th deadly ambush this year. “We will fight militarily those who defend imperialism and the government, and they are the armed forces and… Read morePeru: Sendero pledges more attacks; army uses child soldiers?
The army is carrying out searches in the Valle del RĂos Apurimac y Ene (VRAE) zone of Peru’s Ayacucho region following Sendero Luminoso ambushes that left 13 soldiers dead.
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales is on hunger strike to protest efforts by opposition lawmakers to block an electoral bill that will assign more seats to poor rural areas where he has widespread support.
