Tag: Venezuela

Unrest ‘worried’ 1st Venezuelan Olympic skier

Unrest ‘worried’ 1st Venezuelan Olympic skier

Howard Fendrich · February 19, 2014 10:25 am

Flanked by Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez, left, and National Assembly's President Diosdado Cabello, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro greets supporters upon his arrival to the National Assembly for his annual state-of-the-nation address in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela’s gangster government blames America

Austin Bay · February 19, 2014 5:00 am

Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, dressed in white and holding up a flower stem, is taken into custody by Bolivarian National Guards, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014. Lopez re-emerged from days of hiding to address an anti-government demonstration and then he turned himself in to authorities Tuesday. Speaking to some 5,000 supporters with a megaphone, Lopez said that he doesn't fear going to jail to defend his beliefs and constitutional right to peacefully protest against President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)

Venezuela opposition leader jailed over protests

Joshua Goodman · February 19, 2014 12:31 am

Demonstrators are protesting the Wednesday killings of two university students who were shot in different incidents after an anti-government protest demanding the release of student protesters arrested in various parts of Venezuela.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

National Security

State Department: Charges of US helping organize Venezuela protests ‘baseless, false’

Susan Crabtree · February 17, 2014 5:00 am

Critics blast Venezuelan classical maestro Dudamel

Critics blast Venezuelan classical maestro Dudamel

Joshua Goodman · February 14, 2014 6:50 pm

A woman with her mouth covered stands before a line of National Bolivarian Police preventing protesters from reaching the national intelligence agency in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. Her sign reads in Spanish "Freedom of expression. It's yours. Defend it." As newspapers have been beset for years by currency controls that make it difficult to import supplies, the situation has turned critical as reserves of newsprint have fallen to an all-time low, according to Venezuelan Press Block, which represents the nation's broadsheets. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)

3 Venezuelan protesters injured by bullet wounds

Washington Examiner · February 12, 2014 3:06 pm

Motorcycles swarm Venezuela’s capital in protest

Motorcycles swarm Venezuela’s capital in protest

Joshua Goodman · January 31, 2014 8:10 pm

Beltway Confidential

Venezuela, Nicaragua willing to grant Edward Snowden asylum

Brian Hughes · July 5, 2013 4:00 am

In this May 14, 2013 photo, a National Guard soldier stands guard on a street near a checkpoint that is part of the "Secure Homeland" initiative in Petare, one of the most dangerous neighborhoods of Caracas, Venezuela. Dozens of military checkpoints have been set up in the most dangerous parts of Venezuela's capital, in the government's latest attempt to control the oil-rich country's pandemic of violence. Critics dismiss the "Secure Homeland" initiative as a political charade that risks degenerating into human rights abuses while having no lasting impact on crime. But to many residents, weary of being terrorized by armed gangs, seeing troops on the streets is a welcome projection of government power. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s military enters high-crime slums

Karl Ritter · May 17, 2013 4:00 am

A customer leaves a private super market.

Venezuelans scrambling to find scarce toilet paper

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

Talking Points: Venezuelan toilet paper shortage, wearing life jackets to work, coin toss elects mayor

Talking Points: Venezuelan toilet paper shortage, wearing life jackets to work, coin toss elects mayor

Talking Points · May 16, 2013 4:00 am

Venezuela’s Illegitimate President

Jaime Daremblum · April 23, 2013 12:31 pm