Inside USA - View from South America - 6 May 08 - Part 1
Inside USA goes outside with reports from Colombia, Venezuela and Argentina for a South American perspective on the neighbour in the north.
Inside USA - View From South America - 6 May 08 - Part 2
Inside USA goes outside with reports from Colombia, Venezuela and Argentina for a South American perspective on the neighbour in the north.
Chavez raises Venezuela minimum wage 30 per cent - 01 May 08
It’s part of his battle against soaring inflation which saw prices rocket by more than 20 per cent last year.
Now Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has raised the minimum wage by 30 per cent - good news for the country’s poor.
But critics are concerned this will only push the inflation rate up further.
From Caracas, Lucrecia Franco reports.
Venezuela’s president steps up advertising - 07 April 2008
Venezuela’s president has tripled the amount of money his administration spends on advertising in the last five years.
Campaigns across the country feature pictures of Hugo Chavez as he promotes his ideology of revolution.
But media outlets critical of Chavez see this as an attempt by the government to control freedom of the press.
Lucrecia Franco reports from Caracas.
Inside Story - Crisis Over? - 09 Mar 08 - Pt. 1
Latin America’s worst diplomatic crisis in years appears to be over.Colombia’s cross-border raid into Ecuador to kill Farc rebels sparked a furious week-long row which saw Ecuador and Nicaragua cut diplomatic relations with Colombia.Venezuela, meanwhile, expelled Colombia’s ambassador, sent thousands of troops to its border and interrupted bilateral trade.While the confrontation has been diffused at a summit of regional powers, tensions remain.What is the real picture regarding US-backed Colombia and Latin America’s leftist nations?Inside Story, with presenter Sami Zeidan, investigates.