Wiliam Neuman
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:37
A White House official said Tuesday that Venezuela was not a threat to the national security of the United States, backing off language in an executive order that had inflamed relations with the South American nation and drawn criticism from other countries in the region.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 00:00
The judge, Maria Lourdes Afiuni, was imprisoned in December 2009 after one of her rulings angered President Hugo Chavez. Human rights activists say her jailing was arbitrary and shows the lack of judicial independence in Venezuela.