Diego Ore
Friday, January 15, 2016 - 07:07
Five members of Venezuela's military, including some high-ranking officers, are on trial in Venezuela for allegedly allowing drug planes to use the country's airspace, the state prosecutor said in a statement on Thursday.
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 00:00
In a letter, President Nicolas Maduro's government asked that Parolin, a former envoy to Venezuela who is now the Vatican's secretary of state, be named a "good faith witness".
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 00:00
The embassy said that because of the expulsions and the delays in approval to bring in new consular officers, it no longer has sufficient staff to process first-time tourist visa requests.
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 00:00
Protesters battled soldiers in the streets of Caracas again on Wednesday as three more fatal shootings raised to 25 the death toll.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 00:00
The deaths of Gisela Rubilar, 47, who was studying in the western Venezuelan city of Merida, and of a protester shot in the border state of Tachira, brought to at least 22 the number of fatalities in five weeks.
Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 00:00
The latest victims of the unrest included college student and model Genesis Carmona, 22, who was shot in the head at a protest on Tuesday in the central city of Valencia. She died later in a clinic.
Friday, June 21, 2013 - 00:00
Such pressures make him vulnerable going forward, both to a newly confident opposition and potential rivals inside the PSUV, though there is no formal mechanism to challenge Maduro before a recall referendum allowed three years into his presidency.
Friday, April 26, 2013 - 00:00
"If we don't have access to those notebooks, we're not going to take part in an audit that would be a joke on Venezuelans and a joke on the world," he told a local TV station.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 00:00
A healthy sounding President Hugo Chavez called Venezuelan state television from Cuba on Monday to dispel rumors fanned by a nine-day silence that he had died undergoing cancer treatment.
Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 00:00
Chavez still faces the tricky prospect of radiation treatment as he heads into the campaign for an October 7 presidential vote.