Nov 26th, 2008 · Russian President Dmitri Medvedev is reviving Cold War memories, visiting Cuba and Venezuela just as the Russian Navy was conducting joint exercises with the Venezuelan military. U.S. officials are dismissing the importance of the Russian overtures to U.S. adversaries.
Jul 15th, 2008 · The revolutionary rhetoric of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has incited poor squatters to invade farms. When Alberto Vollmer's huge sugar hacienda was invaded, he didn't fight back like most landowners. Instead, he welcomed the 500 squatters and provided training for them.
Jun 25th, 2008 · The New Yorker's Jon Lee Anderson, who was given extraordinary access to the Venezuelan president and Castro Fidel's heir apparent, talks about the experience.
May 16th, 2008 · The Colombian government has accused Venezuelan officials of offering to aid Colombia's rebels in obtaining weapons. Now the international police agency Interpol is backing up their claim.
May 9th, 2008 · Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is on a crusade to develop young people loyal to his leftist ideas by reforming the educational system. The government wants to install a new curriculum that celebrates socialism. But the plan has generated a formidable opposition made up of irate parents.
Apr 18th, 2008 · U.S. officials say the amount of Colombian cocaine that passes through Venezuela has doubled since the 1990s making the country a key way station for Colombian drug traffickers. But Venezuelans say they're doing more than ever before to stop cocaine smuggling.
Mar 11th, 2008 · Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador have ended their diplomatic standoff after Colombian troops crossed into Ecuador to hunt down anti-Colombian rebels. Now Venezuelans are taking stock of the dispute that produced the worst tension in the region in years. Many of them say the latest calm is just a brief interlude before tensions rise again.
Mar 3rd, 2008 · Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has ordered tanks and thousands of troops to the Colombian border. He is accusing Colombia of pushing South America to the brink of war by killing a top rebel leader in a cross-border raid into Ecuador. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with NPR's Juan Forero.