The secretary general of Venezuela’s opposition coalition denounced a move by the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) to challenge the results of the country’s Dec. 6 legislative elections, Continue Reading
A nongovernmental group that tracks crime in Venezuela says the homicide rate climbed in 2015, putting the country on track to be one of the most violent in the world. Continue Reading
Forget the opposition. OPEC is doing more to ruin the holiday season for Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro than any of his rival lawmakers. Maduro stepped up attacks on his opponents Continue Reading
A leading contractor for Venezuela’s state oil company and another businessman were arrested by U.S. authorities on charges of bribing foreign government officials, wire fraud and money laundering, the first Continue Reading
U.S. prosecutors are preparing to unveil drug trafficking charges against the head of Venezuela’s National Guard, according to people familiar with the case, as the United States investigates the suspected Continue Reading
Under a tent decorated in the yellow, blue and red of Venezuela’s flag, members of the ruling socialist party mingled and drank at a sporting event recently with opposition critics, Continue Reading
As president, Hugo Chávez lavished millions from this country’s oil boom on his home state of Barinas. He built a soccer stadium, highways, apartment houses and a hospital. He sang Continue Reading
There they were, two of the gray-haired confidants of Hugo Chávez , Venezuela ’s late leftist leader, voicing their indignation at the government bumbling that led to Sunday’s stinging electoral Continue Reading
Venezuelan electoral authorities have confirmed that the opposition has won a key two-thirds majority, enabling it to challenge President Nicolas Maduro. The opposition said it would work to release jailed Continue Reading
Just when it looked like change was coming to Venezuela, along came OPEC to spoil the party. Celebrations were still taking place in Caracas in the aftermath of elections Sunday Continue Reading
