Chris Kraul
Chris Kraul covered South America for the Los Angeles Times from his base in Bogota, Colombia. He joined the paper in 1987 and was business editor of the San Diego edition until it closed in 1992. He then began covering the border and Mexican economies until his assignment to The Times’ Mexico City bureau in 2001. He reopened the paper’s Bogota bureau in 2006. He has also covered the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is a graduate of the University of South Florida and also has been a reporter at the San Jose Mercury News, San Diego Union-Tribune and the San Diego Business Journal.
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Fujimori was credited with rescuing Peru from economic chaos and leftist insurgency, but was later sentenced to prison on charges of human rights abuses.
Sept. 11, 2024
Human rights activists and others call for emergency measures to ease overcrowding in Colombia’s jails after a weekend riot set off by restrictive coronavirus measures left 23 prisoners dead.
March 23, 2020
Argentine stocks and currency fell after Argentine President Mauricio Macri was snubbed by voters who appeared to resoundingly favor a populist ticket.
Aug. 12, 2019
Ecuador’s defense minister on Monday defended his country’s decision to allow U.S. anti-drug overflights to land in the environmentally sensitive Galapagos Islands, saying the planes will use the landing strips “no more than three days [per month] … in situations of emergency or refueling.”
June 17, 2019
Getting there: You can fly directly to Morelia from LAX after stopping in Mexico City, or take a bus or rental car from Mexico City.
May 11, 2019
Several nations on Thursday condemned the arrest by Venezuelan government intelligence officers of a high-level politician associated with opposition leader Juan Guaido, calling the move by President Nicolas Maduro arbitrary and unconstitutional.
May 9, 2019
El líder de la oposición venezolana, Juan Guaidó, apareció triunfalmente el pasado martes frente a la base aérea de La Carlota con un grupo de soldados con brazaletes azules, que representaban su apoyo a los esfuerzos por derrocar al gobierno del presidente Nicolás Maduro.
May 2, 2019
La crisis política en Venezuela se profundizó el pasado martes cuando el líder opositor Juan Guaidó, respaldado por Estados Unidos, hizo un nuevo llamado a los militares para que cambien de bando y miles de manifestantes salieron a las calles exigiendo la destitución del presidente Nicolás Maduro.
May 1, 2019
La policía venezolana usó gas lacrimógeno este martes por la mañana para tratar de dispersar a cientos de partidarios del autoproclamado presidente Juan Guaidó, que desde una autopista cerca de la principal base aérea de Caracas pidió a las fuerzas armadas que abandonaran su apoyo al presidente Nicolás Maduro.
April 30, 2019
The political crisis in Venezuela deepened Tuesday as U.S.
April 30, 2019