Despite Venezuelan facing a tough economic crisis, with shortages and price hikes putting a damper on the holiday season, there is a fun tradition that might bring back some Christmas cheer during difficult times - and it involves roller skates.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro unveiled a new government division, the Deputy Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness (Viciministerio para la Suprema Felicidad), a new department that will track, troubleshoot and oversee 30 separate social programs, or "missions," in Venezuela.
New reports about the shooting of two American embassy workers at a strip club in Venezuela earlier this week say the men actually shot each other during a fight they started inside the establishment.
