Venezuela

News Hour: Venezuela’s embattled government and the opposition committed themselves on Saturday to seeking a peaceful, democratic way out of a deepening crisis that has led to food shortages and sky-high inflation. “We solemnly agree that...

News Hour: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on Saturday for increased cooperation between oil-rich nations to stabilize prices as he met with the supreme leader and president of Iran. “To stabilise the price of oil, new...

News Hour: A floodlight failure halted play in the 2018 World Cup qualifying match between Venezuela and Brazil on Tuesday. Brazil were leading 2-0 in the match in the Venezuelan city of Merida when the stadium...

News Hour: The Non-Aligned Movement opens a summit on Saturday in Venezuela, seeking relevance in a post-Cold War world as the crisis-torn host country seeks to lessen its growing isolation. Leaders from the 120-nation group will...

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,...