Recent on Venezuela:
Soccer team's murder leaves villagers scared
Charlie Devereux - Venezuela - November 4, 2009 06:55 ET
The murder of an amateur soccer team has heightened tensions between Colombia and Venezuela.
No watching "Family Guy" in Venezuela
Charlie Devereux - Venezuela - October 28, 2009 12:04 ET
Venezuela thinks "Family Guy" and "The Simpsons" are unsuitable. But it's OK with "Baywatch."
Saving the leatherback turtle
Charlie Devereux - Venezuela - October 10, 2009 08:04 ET
Stamping its identity on the chocolate market
Charlie Devereux - Venezuela - September 28, 2009 05:57 ET
Venezuela produces some of the world's best cacao — so why doesn't it make chocolate?
Inside Venezuela's beauty factory
Charlie Devereux - Venezuela - September 25, 2009 08:01 ET
Stanford scam bilked Jews out of millions
Todd Bensman - Commerce - September 24, 2009 13:50 ET
A GlobalPost Passport investigation finds that the $8 billion Stanford Ponzi scheme decimated the savings of Jews in Mexico City and Caracas. Were they explicitly targeted?
"Loin steaks" on the pageant stage
Charlie Devereux - Venezuela - September 24, 2009 06:09 ET
Video: Venezuela spends millions of hours and dollars grooming its candidates for beauty competitions.
Anti-Chavez and anti-Uribe protesters face off
Nadja Drost - Colombia - September 6, 2009 14:59 ET
Social networking organizes international protests against the Venezuelan president.
New waves of displacement
Charlie Devereux - Venezuela - September 4, 2009 15:18 ET
Colombia's offensive against armed groups has increased the flow of refugees across the Venezuela border.
Caracas: more expensive than London?
Charlie Devereux - Venezuela - September 2, 2009 11:31 ET
How can a city in a developing country be the world's 15th most expensive — and how do the poor get by?
Return of the dictators?
John Otis - Colombia - September 2, 2009 08:14 ET
Colombia's Alvaro Uribe is the latest in a string of Latin American leaders to push for more time in office.
Meet the economic gangsters
Mark Scheffler - Commerce - August 12, 2009 09:03 ET
Economic gangsters come in all shapes and sizes — they're Asian dictators and Somali pirates.
A thriving border business
Charlie Devereux - Venezuela - August 12, 2009 06:46 ET
Smugglers are loading up their cars and selling Venezuela's cheap gas just next door in Colombia.
Colombia and Venezuela face off
Charlie Devereux - Venezuela - July 28, 2009 17:51 ET
Tensions rise as Colombia accuses Venezuela of supplying Swedish weapons to rebels.
Colombian guerrillas behind kidnappings in Venezuela
John Otis - Venezuela - July 28, 2009 17:06 ET
With a law enforcement crackdown in Colombia, guerrillas are working across the border.
Clashes continue between Chavez and opposition
Charlie Devereux - Venezuela - July 8, 2009 18:37 ET
Chavez launches accusations at the governor of a southwestern state.
Tickle me Hugo
Charlie Devereux - Venezuela - July 7, 2009 14:57 ET
Where you can stock up on Hugo Chavez dolls and T-shirts.
In Honduras, a media crackdown
Ioan Grillo - The Americas - July 5, 2009 08:38 ET
Media situation in Honduras reflects larger battle in region between leftist leaders and oligarchs.
Stuck in traffic
Charlie Devereux - Venezuela - June 3, 2009 10:06 ET
In Venezuela, traffic has become a hot-button political issue.
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