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Bathroom Blues: Venezuela’s Toilet Paper Crisis
The government has now been forced to order 50 million rolls to appease desperate shoppers.
US Man Detained in Venezuelan Post-vote Crackdown
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — A 35-year-old filmmaker from California has been arrested by Venezuelan authorities who are accusing him of fomenting postelection...
Venezuela to Audit Remaining Vote, Not Do Recount
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuela's electoral council says it will audit the voting machines that were not audited election night in an apparent rejection of the...
Venezuela Crackdown Deemed Worst in Years
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — National Guard troops beat dozens of opposition supporters inside a barracks for refusing to accept the government-certified electoral...
Chavez Heir Chosen to Lead Venezuela
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuelan electoral officials say voters have narrowly elected Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor as president in a razor-close special...
Venezuelans Choose Between Chavez Heir, New Path
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Voters chose Sunday between the hand-picked successor who campaigned to carry on Hugo Chavez's self-styled socialist revolution and an...
Chavez Heir Charges U.S. is Behind Unrest Over Vote
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — President-elect Nicolas Maduro and his opposition rival traded accusations Tuesday over blame for post-election violence that the...
Opposition Candidate Demands Recount in Venezuela
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles is refusing to accept the results of Sunday's presidential election and is demanding a...
Venezuela Opposition: Military Can’t Take Sides
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuela's presidential campaign on Wednesday veered between warnings of military meddling in the April 14 vote and opposition mirth at...
Venezuela Halts Communication With U.S. Diplomat
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuela's government has halted lines of communication established by a top U.S. diplomat to protest what it says has been U.S...
Venezuela's Next Chapter
Like his Idol Fidel Castro, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was one of the most garrulous and pugnacious leaders Latin America has ever known. That makes his...
Hand-Picked Chávez Successor Registers in Election
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Thousands of cheering, crying admirers accompanied President Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor Monday as he registered to be a candidate...
Death Comes for El Comandante: Hugo Chávez (1954-2013)
Like his idol, Fidel Castro, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was one of the most garrulous and pugnacious leaders Latin America has ever known. That makes his...
U.S. Expels 2 Venezuelan Diplomats
(WASHINGTON) — The Obama administration has expelled two Venezuelan diplomats in retaliation for Venezuela's expulsion of two U.S. military attaches. Washington...
All Eyes on Capriles as Venezuela Election Set
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — The date of elections to replace Hugo Chavez is set, and his hand-picked successor will be the official party candidate. But one big...
Venezuela: Chavez’s Respiratory Problems Worsens
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuela's government says that President Hugo Chavez's respiratory problems have gotten worse and that the ailing leader is in "very...
Venezuela to Announce Details of Election
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuela on Saturday was awaiting a key ruling from the nation's elections commission about details of a vote to replace Hugo Chavez,...
Venezuela: Chavez Very Delicate With New Infection
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — A new and severe respiratory infection has cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez in a "very delicate" state, and his breathing has...
U.S. Hopes Chavez’s Passing Could Smooth Relations with Venezuela
Chavez had often campaigned on anti-U.S. rhetoric and relations between the two countries have been strained almost since he took office 14 years ago.
