Venezuelan Nicolas Maduro appointed a powerful drug kingpin and cousin of the late president Hugo Chavez as oil minister amid massive fuel shortages across the nation.
Sick Venezuelans plead for help from Colombia’s medical facilities amid a lingering border dispute. This is despite the fact that the two governments remain at a war.
Just after being seated as the newest legislative leader in Venezuela, Henry Ramos Allup already promises drastic changes will occur in the country as it has been well-known that Ramos Allup belongs to the opposition group against President Nicolas Maduro.
Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday put his trademark moustache on the line as he promised to deliver the millionth public housing unit before the end of the year.
Manuel Rosales, a 62-year old Venezuelan opposition politician who had spent six years outside of the socialist country, has been arrested upon his return.
The U.S. has strongly denied recent reports that it planned to topple the Bolivian government. The U. S. has strongly denied recent reports that it planned to topple the Bolivian government.
A Venezuelan judge on Thursday sentenced Leopoldo López, arguably the country's most prominent opposition figure, to more than 13 years in prison on charges of inciting anti-government riots that led to the deaths of more than 40 individuals last year.
The net worth of late socialist leader Hugo Chávez's second-oldest daughter is estimated at $4.2 billion, making María Gabriela Chávez the richest woman in Venezuela.
When tensions flared up between Venezuela and Colombia in 2008, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised the late leader Hugo Chávez his support in case the South American neighbors went to war, according to a new book.
Relations between the United States and Cuba may have warmed since the two countries announced plans to restore full diplomatic ties in December, but Havana did not hold back on Tuesday when it called new U.S. sanctions against Venezuela, its closest ally, "arbitrary and aggressive,"
Jorge Granier found a way to give his family's legacy -- archival television programs from his family's media company, and former Venezuelan TV channel RCTV -- a new life online. Now he's set his sights on creating a global Spanish-language streaming empire.
Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles says he fears President Nicolas Maduro will cancel key legislative elections later this year because the country's government is facing a huge crisis right now, Yahoo! News reports according to AFP.
Ecuador, the country led by Rafael Correa, a close ally of Venezuela's late Hugo Chavez and staunch critic of U.S. capitalism, will be the first foreign government to buy a Super Bowl commercial.
A new font was created to remember the late Venezuelan leader on his 60th bday Fans of the late Venezuelan leader, socialist Hugo Chavez, released a font that can be used to type mimicking his handwriting in time for his 60th birthday.
As civil unrest and instability continue to split Venezuela in two, opposition groups now face even more pressure as government loyalists unload their firearms at them, "Fox News" reported.
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the death of the late socialist leader and political trailblazer Hugo Chavez, who died of cancer at age 58.In the aftermath of Chavez's reign and amid this tumultuous time of political unrest in Venezuela, many are reflecting on the past, praying for peace and economic stability and mourning the loss of 18 anti-government protesters. This has left the country in a deflated state of bewilderment, sadness and anxiousness as to what the next chapter will bring.
Reuters reported that government leaders urged Venezuelans to skip protests in lieu of traditional trips to the beach during the Carnival holiday. Venezuelan television was apparently filled with descriptions of young people sitting beachside, celebrating in honor of the holiday, despite protests in the streets.
