A coordinated multi-agency narcotics operation in the Dominican Republic resulted in the seizure of more than 600 packages of cocaine inside a speedboat from South America.
Almost 77 percent of Venezuela's 28 million population are currently living in extreme poverty, which was an increase as compared to the previous year's 67.7 percent, according to a study.
Together with her mother, the 13-year-old pregnant girl sought out a doctor but the medical practitioner warned her that could put her life in danger. But a concerned former teacher of the girl provided pills that induced an abortion.
The U.S. government is allowing hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans the chance to stay and work in the U.S. legally, given the temporary protected status.
The move comes a day after an Iranian ship docked at the Latin American country's port. Vladimir Padrino, the Venezuela Defense Minister, accused the United States of "provocation" after a navy ship sailed near the South American country's coast earlier this week as part of its "freedom of navigation" operation.
Former lawmaker and ally of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was charged in New York City for the alleged conspiracy of flooding cocaine in the U.S.
In Venezuela, residents have to line up for days for a slim chance of getting a few pints of gasoline following years of economic collapse and hyperinflation.
Among the many issues that threaten Nicolás Maduro’s legitimacy as Venezuelan president now includes accounts of Cuban doctors that explain how their medical missions involved methods of coercion in favor of the country’s Socialist Party.
Venezuelan Prison Observatory rights group provided the latest figures of dead and wounded prisoners at Los Llanos Prison Center in Guanare City, Venezuela.
