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Inside the war room of Venezuela's election underdog

By John Otis | 03/27/13

Venezuela’s downtrodden opposition candidate Henrique Capriles is unlikely to win in the April 14 election, called after Hugo Chavez's death. He has just a few weeks to turn things around.

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First Latin American pope speaks softly and carries an allegedly dark past

By John Otis | 03/14/13

Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, has a reputation as a humble servant of God but also as an accomplice in the 'Dirty War.'

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No more horsing around Bogota

By John Otis | 02/13/13

For decades, horse carts have been jamming up roads in Colombia's capital. Now, the mayor has had enough.

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Ecuador’s wheelchair revolution

By John Otis | 02/05/13

South America isn’t known for being accessible for the disabled. If Ecuador’s vice president has his way, that’s about to change.

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Organic gold mining? Meet 'Green Gold'

By John Otis | 12/06/12

Some Colombian miners use a balsa extract rather than the usual toxic chemicals to harvest gold.

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Can Colombia end its decades-old guerrilla war?

By John Otis | 11/15/12

As the government commences peace talks with FARC rebels in Cuba, here's the kind of violence Colombians endure.

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Colombia's government and FARC agree to hold peace talks

By John Otis | 08/28/12

Government officials and the country's largest leftist guerrilla group have agreed to start a process to end a half century of fighting.

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How Walmart, Chiquita avoid labor oversight in Honduras

By John Otis | 08/15/12

When labor officials are ill-equipped and powerless, workers' complaints can hardly be investigated.

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How a TED talk inspired a utopia urban vision in Honduras

By John Otis | 07/24/12

A TED talk has inspired big plans for a Hong Kong-like metropolis in poor, crime-wracked Honduras.

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'Meet the new boss': The rise of Colombia's labor co-ops

By John Otis, Global Post | 03/01/12

According to labor-rights activists as well as a recent US State department report, many co-ops function as glorified temp agencies providing companies with cheap and docile non-union workers.