I read the article ("A Brown Man with A Mole," Commentary, May 4) by Joe O'Neill with a certain amount of surprise, trying to find what I know to be the truth about the government of Hugo Chavez. ...more

May 9, 2008

not counting two uniformed police officers and one in plain clothes - numbered about 60 people. Their nationalities-in-solidarity: Venezuelan and Cuban. Their signs: hardly nuanced - most notably "Chavez = Castro + Hitler." Their ardent message: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's easily demonized, polarizing president, must go. ...more

May 4, 2008

A Venezuelan passenger plane slammed into a steep mountainside in the Andes, killing all 46 people on board, officials said. ...more

February 23, 2008

Fidel Castro's leaving office on his own terms is not the kind of change that successive American presidents have envisioned for Cuba. In fact, it's a sign that U.S. efforts to isolate that country and bring down its socialist government have failed. ...more

February 21, 2008

Jason Smith of New Port Richey did not like the "hard-right slant" of op-ed page of Feb. 6 prints editions of The Suncoast News. ...more

February 9, 2008

Bruno Giraldo and Carlos Castro met in January and formed a quick bond, connected by passion for their native Colombia and disgust for the rebels accused of terrorism and kidnappings there. ...more

January 31, 2008

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged his Latin American allies Saturday to begin withdrawing billions of dollars in international reserves from U.S. banks, warning of a looming U.S. economic crisis. ...more

January 27, 2008

Helicopters sent by Venezuela's president picked up two hostages freed by Colombian rebels in the jungle Thursday and flew the women across the border in a mission that could open a new path to freedom for dozens of captives. ...more

January 11, 2008

DNA analysis indicates a 3-year-old boy living in a Bogota foster home is the child of a woman held captive by leftist rebels for nearly six years, Colombia's top prosecutor said Friday. ...more

January 5, 2008

With its fearsome record of kidnapping and violence, Colombia's largest guerrilla army might seem a nightmare group to encounter. But not to Oliver Stone. ...more

December 31, 2007