Family: Venezuela holds film-maker as spy, denies US consular access

Timothy Tracy

Family: Venezuela holds film-maker as spy, denies US consular access

CARACAS, Venezuela - U.S. diplomats have been given no access to a California man held in Venezuela for nearly two weeks in what his family on Monday called a "nightmare" that unfolded after he was accused of being a spy fomenting postelection unrest.

Hugo Chavez left Venezuela a legacy of plunder

The following editorial appeared Wednesday in the Miami Herald:

A look at key moments in Dow history

The Dow Jones industrial average often makes headlines. But let's not forget everything else that happened as the Dow has twisted and turned Ñ from The Muppets suing Mickey Mouse to John McCain meeting Joe the Plumber.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro says President Hugo Chavez has died.

Perdió Venezuela, pero ganó Miami

Siempre desconfié de que el ex teniente coronel Hugo Chávez entregara el poder después de gobernar a Venezuela durante más de 13 años.

New Tucson restaurant to bring Caribbean flavor downtown

New restaurant will bring Caribbean flavor downtown

US, Colombia OK accord widening American access to military bases

BOGOTA — In a private, low-key ceremony, the U.S. ambassador and three Colombian ministers signed a pact Friday giving American personnel expanded access to military bases in this drug-producing country, a deal that Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has called a threat to the region's security.

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Bonnie Henry : Many pageants put beauty in eye of the plastic surgeons

Turkeys do it all the time. Without the stilettos. Earlier in the week, we all heard the tragic news of how a contestant in the Miss Plastic Hungary contest had toppled off her high heels, tearing a ligament in her foot and pretty much erasing her from the competition.

Rosemont Copper hires financial adviser

The company proposing to build the Rosemont copper mine has hired a financial adviser to help it find ways to raise the project's $900 million estimated construction cost.