Conflict & Justice
BBC News
August 02, 2016
It's one thing to talk to people you've never met before who are suffering from hunger, and it's a completely different thing when they are from your own family, as the BBC's Vladimir Hernandez discovered when he returned to his native Venezuela to report on its failure to get food on people's tables.
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Politics
A prominent Venezuelan opposition leader has vowed to challenge her ouster from the National Assembly
PRI's The World
April 01, 2014
There's a whole lot of drama in Venezuela surrounding the recent street demonstrations there. And not just in the streets. Lawmakers are also tangled up in some high drama. Take the case of Maria Corina Machado.
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Conflict & Justice
A candidate has been killed as violence erupts in Venezuela vote
Agence France-Presse
July 30, 2017
Deadly violence erupted around a controversial vote held in Venezuela on Sunday, with a candidate to the assembly being elected shot dead in his home and troops firing weapons to clear protesters in Caracas.
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Conflict & Justice
These Venezuelans are tired of protesting. Instead, they’re choosing to leave.
PRI's The World
May 20, 2016
Luis says that, out of the 15 closest friends he's had over his lifetime, only three remain in the country.
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Business, Economics and Jobs
Venezuela says its new grocery loyalty card will stop the toilet paper speculators
PRI's The World
March 18, 2014
Updated
One of the drivers behind the Venezuelan street protests is a lack of basic consumer goods, from toilet paper to food. Now the government thinks it has a partial answer — a sort of supermarket loyalty card that it hopes will cut down on hoarding and speculation. But some critics say the idea is just creepy.
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Politics
US rejects Venezuela's accusations of a plot to overthrow its government
PRI's The World
May 29, 2014
Venezuela alleges the US ambassador to Colombia plotted to destabilize and "annihilate" President Nicolas Maduro, just the latest claim in an escalating war of words between the two nations. The claim came shortly before the US House approved a measure calling for sanctions on officials in the Venezuelan government over human rights abuses.
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Conflict & Justice
It took a beauty queen's murder to get Venezuela's leaders focused on stopping crime
PRI's The World
January 09, 2014
Venezuela's capital, Caracas, has a murder rate 30 times higher than in New York City. And this week's murder of a former Miss Venezuela has Venezuelans outraged and demanding government action.
Politics
Venezuela's election controversy
PRI's The World
July 29, 2008
Hundreds of opposition candidates have been barred from running in Venezuela's local elections this November, and analysts say the move shows that the government of President Hugo Chavez is worried he's losing support at the local level
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Conflict & Justice
Venezuelan Supreme Court Approves the Postponing of Hugo Chavez's Inauguration
PRI's The World
January 09, 2013
The Venezuelan Supreme Court has decided to give ailing president Hugo Chavez as much time as he needs to recover. The BBC's Sarah Grainger in Caracas said it's not clear whether a new election will be scheduled in the near future.
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Politics
Venezuelan opposition parties organizing joint effort to oust Chavez
PRI's The World
February 10, 2012
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is running for his fourth term in office this year but, for the first time, he's facing an opposition that has unified in opposition to his re-election.
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Conflict & Justice
Venezuela’s Maduro proposes a new constitution. Protesters call it a coup.
Agence France-Presse
May 02, 2017
The president's announcement to thousands of supporters in Caracas marking May Day came as security forces sprayed tear gas and water cannon at anti-government demonstrators elsewhere in the capital.