CARACAS, Venezuela — An unmanned U.S. spy plane recently violated Venezuela’s airspace and the military has been ordered to shoot down any such aircraft if it happens again, President Hugo Chavez said Sunday. Speaking during his weekly television and radio program, Chavez said the aircraft...

BOGOTA — The United States and Colombia are nearing agreement on expanding the U.S. military’s presence in this conflict-torn nation, potentially basing hundreds of Americans in a central valley to support Air Force drug interdiction missions. Both sides say they hope a fifth round of talks...

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez says a U.S. general shouldn’t be raising concerns that Venezuela is buying arms, and the American commander is wrong to argue there isn’t a “conventional military threat in the region.” Chavez says the U.S. is a threat to Venezuela, and that’s why his...