Venezuela

News Hour: Once known as the “Pearl of the Caribbean,” the former Venezuelan tourist hot spot Margarita fell on hard times amid the country’s economic crisis with trash on streets, scarcities of food and water, rampant...

News Hour: Nicolas Otamendi scored a late equalizer as Argentina fought back from 2-0 down to snatch a 2-2 draw against Venezuela in South America’s 2018 World Cup qualifying tournament on Tuesday, reports BSS. Manchester City...

News Hour: Venezuela and Brazil on Wednesday withdrew their respective ambassadors after Caracas froze ties with its southern neighbor in response to president Dilma Rousseff’s removal from office, reports BSS. The leftist governments of Ecuador and...

News Hour: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro says several opposition activists accused of plotting violence during an anti-government rally scheduled for Thursday have been arrested, reports Aljazeera. Opposition leaders criticized Tuesday’s arrests as intimidation, calling on sympathizers from...

News Hour: A prominent opposition leader in Venezuela has been jailed in a move that the government says was necessary to prevent acts of violence in the crisis-hit South American nation. Daniel Ceballos, former mayor of...

News Hour: The head of the Organization of American States denounced corruption and violence in Venezuela on Monday, saying a 14-year prison term for an opposition leader there marked the end of democracy in the country,...

News Hour: An art gallery in the Venezuelan capital is honoring the late Mexican artist Frida Kahlo with an exposition featuring the works of 50 female Venezuelan artist. The exhibit – entitled “Always Frida” – is...

News Hour: Venezuela on Tuesday said private and public companies will be obliged to let their workers be reassigned to grow crops, in a dramatic move in the middle of the country’s crippling economic crisis, reports...

News Hour: Tens of thousands of Venezuelans again streamed into the Colombian city of Cucuta on Sunday, taking advantage of the temporary reopening of a long-closed border to buy food and medicine due to shortages at...

News Hour: A 17-year-old boy died on Wednesday after being badly wounded at a protest by Venezuelans demanding food, authorities said, the latest unrest to hit a country racked by severe shortages, according to BSS. Officials...