Venezuelans voted for a new legislature on Sunday in an election that may punish the ruling Socialists for a brutal economic crisis and give the opposition a long-sought platform to Continue Reading
Government opponents surged to a rare victory here on Sunday in key congressional elections framed by the country’s deep economic crisis, claiming a legislative majority for the first time in Continue Reading
In December 1999, a year after he was elected Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chávez explained the source of his popularity in a televised interview. “I belong to that immense majority that Continue Reading
Mayor Primitivo Cedeño is in his office by sunrise these days, organizing deliveries of subsidized chicken, rice and even refrigerators to prospective voters in this town of 20,000 ahead of Continue Reading
Vantage Drilling Co. VTGDF -57.58 % , an offshore oil rig operator linked to the massive corruption scandal at Brazil’s state-run oil firm, filed for bankruptcy protection late Wednesday night Continue Reading
Ecuadorean oil minister Carlos Pareja Tuesday said he wanted OPEC to reduce its crude output ceiling by under 2% to provide support for global oil prices. In Vienna ahead of Continue Reading
All across the Americas, drilling rigs are being idled as oil prices hover near six-year lows. In Colombia, more than 57 percent have been pulled; in Mexico, 42 percent. Then Continue Reading
Brazil’s gross domestic product fell by a record 4.5 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter, confirming fears that Latin America’s largest country is on track for its worst recession Continue Reading
Facing an imposing statue of Venezuela’s 19th-century independence hero Simón Bolívar, Lilian Tintori, wife of imprisoned opposition leader Leopoldo López, prepares to deliver a message to voters: the government is Continue Reading
Mr. Ferreira had been on temporary leave from Petrobras since Sept. 14, Though he had only been at the company since an April shake-up, few had expected Mr. Ferreira to Continue Reading
