PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - A book by an Uruguayan journalist that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gave to President Barack Obama was ranked No. 2 on Amazon.com on Sunday. ...more

April 20, 2009

In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama signaled conciliation to America's foes by using the metaphor of an outstretched hand to an unclenched fist. ...more

January 25, 2009

MIAMI — Plans for an organized gathering in Miami when Fidel Castro dies appear to have fizzled, now that the Orange Bowl stadium is no longer standing. ...more

January 15, 2009

as Chavez has accelerated his drive to install a Cuban-style socialist regime - the opposition has finally found a winning answer: democracy. Last December voters rejected a new constitution that would have greatly increased presidential powers. On Sunday Venezuelans turned out in record numbers for local elections - and chose opposition candidates for five of the six most important elected posts in the country. ...more

November 27, 2008

The United States accused three top aides to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of helping Colombian guerrillas traffic cocaine and topple the Colombian government, the first time the Bush administration has publicly outlined what it calls tight links between a terrorist group and the highest echelon of Venezuela's leftist government. ...more

September 13, 2008

In an escalating tit-for-tat, the Bush administration on Thursday ordered the expulsion of Bolivia's ambassador to the United States after Bolivia expelled the U.S. envoy there. Hours later, Venezuela's president, in what he called a solidarity move, ordered the U.S. ambassador in Caracas to leave the country. ...more

September 12, 2008

Two years ago, New Hampshire refused to accept heating oil from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the pro-Castro U.S. critic who once called President Bush "the devil." But with fuel prices rising, well, free oil is free oil. ...more

July 19, 2008

Even in retirement, former Cuban President Fidel Castro apparently cannot stand for anyone else to hold the limelight. Thus, he has attempted to steal a bit of it from Colombian President Alvaro Uribe by barging into the discussion about the dramatic rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 others last week from the clutches of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Castro's input? ...more

July 11, 2008

There's an old saying about rumors: even one without a leg to stand on will still make its way all over town. That was when misinformation was spread by word of mouth and most times died out before causing much harm. That was before the Internet and e-mail. ...more

June 22, 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