Chris Kraul
Chris Kraul covers 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.
Recent Articles
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TravelA long-awaited visit to Bonn and its Beethoven-Haus museum yields treasures for a fan of the composer.
- Obituaries
Kirchner was also married to the country's current president and considered by many as a possible candidate to succeed her. He was also secretary-general of the recently formed Union of South American Nations.
- Mexico & the Americas
Benedetti's many works, including the short novel 'The Truce,' helped secure Latin America's place in global literature. A committed leftist, he criticized dictatorships and spent 12 years in exile.
- World
Human rights groups say Carmelo Agamez's case is an example of how Colombia's justice system is broken, and how unjustifiable arrests are used to intimidate dissidents.
- Obituaries
Former Argentine President Raul Alfonsin, who was given credit for restoring democracy to his country after years of coups, dictators and "dirty war," died of lung cancer Tuesday at his home in Buenos Aires. He was 82.
- World
Voters allow President Hugo Chavez to run for reelection indefinitely after a campaign in which he said his continued rule was crucial for maintaining his welfare policies.
- latimes.com
In the last three days, 13 people have been killed. Recent arrests created a power vacuum.