Defiant opposition leader Leopoldo López detained amid Venezuela protests
Opposition leader Leopoldo López was detained Tuesday as both pro and anti-government protestors took to the streets.
View ArticleVenezuela protests: a growing body count but few solutions
Almost two weeks of protests have rattled the oil-rich nation, but solutions to the problems of soaring crime and inflation seem as ephemeral as ever.
View ArticleVenezuela through the eyes of exiles
For nearly a month, tens of thousands of Venezuelans have been protesting against food shortages, crime, inflation and other maladies. More than 20 have been killed and hundreds injured, but the fight...
View ArticleVenezuela says it has detained Florida man on weapons charges
Amid ongoing protests, Venezuela officials say they’ve arrested a 32-year-old Florida man for having weapons without a permit.
View ArticleAs Venezuela continues crushing dissent, a bipartisan push in Senate for...
The Obama administration said in a Senate hearing Thursday it was hesitant to use individual sanctions as a tactic in the Venezuelan political crisis, saying that doing so could escalate the situation...
View ArticleLow-gear growth predicted for Latin America
Speakers at a Center for Hemispheric Policy conference said some countries will do better than others, but the overall economic outlook is subdued
View ArticleThe world is aTwitter as more world leaders connect
Burson-Marsteller study finds that more than 83 percent of United Nations governments have Twitter accounts
View ArticleCaracas' poor go thirsty amid political strife and poor planning
Venezuelans have learned to live without sugar, cooking oil and even toilet paper, but a water shortage in the capital have left the city's poor high and dry.
View ArticleTop Venezuela official accused in drug case averts U.S. extradition, heads...
Venezuela on Sunday said that the Netherlands had agreed not to send former Gen. Hugo Carvajal to the United States to face drug charges.
View ArticleAruba faced potentially ‘severe’ economic pressure over...
Venezuela threatened to extend a flight boycott and sink Aruba’s tourism industry as it fought for the release of a former general who is wanted in the U.S. on drug charges, a State...
View ArticleStolen Matisse masterpiece goes on wild ride, now back in Venezuela
A $3.7 million painting by Matisse stolen from a Caracas museum and recovered by the FBI in Miami is now back with its owner in Venezuela.
View ArticleControversy in Venezuela over Chavez prayer
A rewriting of the Christian Lord's Prayer to commemorate the late Hugo Chavez is causing controversy in Venezuela.
View ArticleColombia deports Venezuelan student activist
Colombia has deported a Venezuelan student activist whose arrest had been sought by President Nicolas Maduro's government, drawing criticism on both sides of the border by groups who fear he'll be...
View ArticleVenezuela to detain 2 deported student activists
Two Venezuelan student activists deported from Colombia last week will be kept in detention in Caracas.
View ArticleVenezuela's oldest newspaper shuts down
Venezuela's oldest newspaper is shutting down because of a lack of newsprint and a difficult economic climate as the country grapples with chronic shortages.
View ArticleVenezuela's UN Security Council bid gains backing
Venezuela's socialist government has quietly secured the backing of Latin America and the Caribbean to obtain a diplomatic trophy that long eluded the late Hugo Chavez: a seat on the United Nations...
View ArticleVenezuela's newest shortage: breast implants
Venezuela's chronic shortages have begun to encroach on a cultural cornerstone: the boob job.
View ArticleVenezuelan protesters discuss explosives in video
Two Venezuelan activists recently deported by Colombia have surfaced in a video that purportedly shows them discussing plans to stockpile weapons and launch attacks on government targets in apparent...
View ArticleUS official: Venezuela fighting drug trafficking
Even as the U.S. and Venezuela publicly feud about the role the South American country plays in fighting drug smuggling, there are signs the two nations may not be as far apart on the issue as it seems.
View ArticleVenezuela threatens citizenship of actress Alonso
Venezuela's leftist government says it is moving to revoke the citizenship of actress Maria Conchita Alonso, a bitter critic of the government.
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