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A woman speaks on her cell as she seeks information about flight sales from a closed United Airlines office in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Delta, American Airlines and Panama's Copa Airlines were also among carriers whose offices were either closed or had halted sales on Friday after the government devalued the local currency for flights abroad. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)

Airlines halt ticket sales in Venezuela

Fabiola Sanchez · January 24, 2014 10:09 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2013 file photo, an Ecuadorean Tame jetliner approaches the Mariscal Sucre airport, in Quito, Ecuador. The airline on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, suspended its daily flights to and from Venezuela until that country's cash-strapped government pays it $43 million owed for ticket sales. According to Venezuela's airlines association the Venezuelan government owes carriers several billion dollars due to its rigid currency controls. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)

Ecuadorean airline halts flights to Venezuela

Fabiola Sanchez · January 23, 2014 11:39 pm

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during his annual state-of-the-nation address to the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela’s president blames soap operas for crime

Fabiola Sanchez · January 21, 2014 6:03 pm

A customer leaves a private super market.

Venezuelans scrambling to find scarce toilet paper

Fabiola Sanchez, Karl Ritter · May 16, 2013 4:00 am

Demonstrators confront the National Guard as they protest against the official results of last Sunday's presidential elections in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 15, 2013. National Guard troops fired tear gas and plastic bullets to disperse demonstrators protesting the official results in Venezuela's disputed presidential election.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Chavez heir charges US is behind unrest over vote

Fabiola Sanchez, Vivian Sequera · April 16, 2013 4:00 am

Venezuela leader warns of plot to kill gov’t foe

Fabiola Sanchez · March 14, 2013 12:02 am

Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro, second from right, links arms with Bolivia's President Evo Morales, left, as they arrive to the Military Hospital where President Hugo Chavez died in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. The coffin containing Chavez's body is being taken from the hospital to a military academy where it will remain until his funeral on Friday. Seven days of mourning were declared, all schools were suspended for the week and friendly heads of state were expected for an elaborate funeral Friday. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Even after death, Chavez gets choice of successor

Fabiola Sanchez, Frank Bajak · March 6, 2013 12:00 am

A poster of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is seen through a cross-shaped window, from inside the military hospital's chapel, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. A brief statement read on national television by Communications Minister Ernesto Villegas late Monday carried the sobering news about the charismatic 58-year-old leader's deteriorating health. Villegas said Chavez is suffering from "a new, severe infection." The state news agency identified it as respiratory. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s Chavez dies, officials call for unity

Fabiola Sanchez, Frank Bajak · March 5, 2013 5:00 am

A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez celebrates his return at Bolivar Square in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Chavez returned to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery, his government said, triggering street celebrations by supporters who welcomed him home while he remained out of sight at the Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital in Caracas, where he will continue his treatment. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Ailing Hugo Chavez returns to Venezuela from Cuba

Fabiola Sanchez, Ian James · February 18, 2013 5:00 am

Some inmates missing after Venezuela prison clash

Fabiola Sanchez · February 1, 2013 10:35 pm

Group: 591 killed in Venezuela prisons last year

Fabiola Sanchez · February 1, 2013 12:36 am

Venezuela VP: plot against Hugo Chavez allies revealed

Fabiola Sanchez, Christopher Toothaker · January 23, 2013 5:00 am