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.