Category Archives: Caribbean

50 Photos of Colombia

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Samuel George

Some photos from recent trips to Colombia.

Posted in Andean Region, Caribbean | Tagged bogota, boyaca, ciudad perdida, Colombia, filandia, getsamani, Latin America blog, magdalena, photos, photos of Colombia, quindio, salento, santa marta, tayrona, villa de leyva | 2 Comments

Booby Trap: Will Venezuela Default?

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Mancha Contributor

Russ Dallen, Managing Director of Caracas Capital Markets and Editor-in-Chief of the Latin American Herald Tribune on the prospect of default in Venezuela.

Posted in Andean Region, Caribbean, Uncategorized | Tagged Default, Latin America blog, Russ Dallen, Venezuela | Leave a comment

Venezuela: Can the revolution survive with a little help from its friends?

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Mancha Contributor

Venezuelan contributor Francisco Rodríguez on the Bolivarian Republic’s increasing dependency on China

Posted in Andean Region, Caribbean, Uncategorized | Tagged China, Debt, Latin America, loans, Maduro, shortage, Venezuela, Venezuela-China, Xi | Leave a comment

Colombia and Venezuela: Business in the Time of Cholera

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Samuel George

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos prepares to meet with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro.

Posted in Andean Region, Caribbean, Uncategorized | Tagged Alvaro Uribe, Colombia, Hugo Chavez, Juan Manuel Santos, maduro santos meeting, Nicolas Maduro, Pacific Pumas, Venezuela | Leave a comment

Beat Him at the Ballot Box..

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Samuel George

Posted in Andean Region, Caribbean, Uncategorized | Tagged Chavismo maduro, Diosdado Cabello, Henrique Capriles, Leopoldo López, Maduro protests, Venezuela, Venezuela protests, venezuelan democracy, what do Venezuelan protesters want | Leave a comment

Venezuela on Fire

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Mancha Contributor

Caraqueño Francisco Rodríguez on the protests that have shaken his country

Posted in Andean Region, Caribbean | Tagged #LaSalida, Francisco Ameliach, Henrique Capriles, Leopoldo López, Nicolas Maduro, Robert Redman, venezuela protest, venezuela violence | 6 Comments

Havana, We Have a Problem

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Mancha Contributor

Spying allegations threaten Colombian peace negotiations in Cuba

Posted in Andean Region, Caribbean | Tagged Alejandro Éder, Colombia Chuzado, colombia peace process, colombia spying, Havana peace talks, Humberto de la Calle, Santos chuzado, Sergio Jaramillo, uribe military, uribe spying | 5 Comments

Venezuela & Argentina: Two (Basket) Case Studies

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Mancha Contributor

International Economist Lisa Frumin on Argentina and Venezuela

Posted in Andean Region, Caribbean, Southern Cone | Tagged Alba, Argentina, Cristina Kirchner, Hugo Chavez, Inflation, Mercosur, Nestor Kirchner, Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela | 3 Comments

Chasing Dreams in El Dorado

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Mancha Contributor

Natalia Lozano on six Cubans seeking humanitarian refugee status in Colombia

Posted in Andean Region, Caribbean | Tagged Colombia, colombia asylum, Cuba, cuban refugees, Jay Barrios, Luis Ernesto de la Fe Montaner, six cubans in colombia | Leave a comment

No Se Mancha’s Top Ten from 2013

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Happy News Years from the No Se Mancha team! In our first year we have covered everything from baseball in the Caribbean to money falling from the Bolivian skies, to the vicissitudes of Chilean politics, and everything in between. As we prepare for a … Continue reading →