Tag: Venezuela

Landrieu slammed for stopping Venezuela sanctions

Landrieu slammed for stopping Venezuela sanctions

Melinda Deslatte · September 2, 2014 7:58 pm

Garcia: Block Venezuela’s sale of Citgo

Garcia: Block Venezuela’s sale of Citgo

Christine Armario · August 27, 2014 9:07 pm

Mannequins stand at a store that sells clothing for over weight people in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. The Venezuelan government has launched a public relations campaign to halt a steady rise in obesity that, if left unchecked, threatens to lead to a costly, public health crisis. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela battles obesity amid dearth of good food

Joshua Goodman · August 27, 2014 4:13 am

Pedro Leonardo Mascheroni and his wife, Majorie Roxby Mascheroni, were sentenced Wednesday for conspiring to violate the Atomic Energy Act by "communicating classified nuclear weapons data to a person believed to be a Venezuelan government official, and making false statements to the FBI," according to the U.S. Department of Justice. (AP Photos)

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Los Alamos worker sentenced for trying to pass U.S. nuclear secrets to Venezuela

Kelly Cohen · August 23, 2014 10:00 am

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2014 file photo, a woman walks downtown after buying bread in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuelans may soon have to scan their fingers to buy bread at the supermarket. President Nicolas Maduro announced late Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014 a new, mandatory grocery fingerprinting system to combat food shortages. In the spring, Venezuela tried a similar system in government-run supermarkets on a voluntary basis. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

Venezuela proposes fingerprinting grocery shoppers

Hannah Dreier · August 21, 2014 9:09 pm

US warns travelers of canceled Venezuela flights

US warns travelers of canceled Venezuela flights

HANNAH DREIERJORGE RUEDA · August 20, 2014 6:17 pm

Gunmen wreak havoc in Caracas emergency rooms

Hannah Dreier · August 14, 2014 4:06 am

Venezuelan hero Bolivar gets blockbuster treatment

Jorge Rueda · August 6, 2014 4:01 am

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2014 file photo, surrounded by mask-wearing supporters of Venezuela's opposition, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, center, speaks to the media in Doral, Fla. Rubio and Gov. Rick Scott called for sanctions against Venezuela, as opponents of President Nicolas Maduro were staging countrywide protests. Amid escalating tensions with Venezuela, the U.S. State Department on Wednesday, July 30, 2014, announced sanctions against Venezuelan officials it said committed human rights abuses during the spring crackdown on anti-government protests. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

US imposes travel ban on some Venezuelan officials

HANNAH DREIERBRADLEY KLAPPER · July 30, 2014 9:02 pm

CORRECTS DATE TO 2014 Former Venezuelan general Hugo Carvajal arrives at the Queen Beatrix International Airport in Oranjestad, Aruba, Sunday July 27, 2014 after being released by authorities. Aruba's government released Carvajal who was detained on U.S. drug charges when he arrived to serve as his country's consul on the Dutch Caribbean island, sending him home Sunday night and defusing a diplomatic fight with its neighbor.(AP Photo/Pedro Famous Diaz)

Official: Venezuela tried to pressure Aruba

geermandavid-mcfadden, Dilma Arends · July 30, 2014 2:53 am

CORRECTS DATE TO 2014 Former Venezuelan general Hugo Carvajal arrives at the Queen Beatrix International Airport in Oranjestad, Aruba, Sunday July 27, 2014 after being released by authorities. Carvajal was detained in Aruba on U.S. drug charges, released by the Dutch Caribbean island Sunday and sent home, authorities said Sunday.(AP Photo/Pedro Famous Diaz)

US: ‘Threats’ behind release of Venezuela general

Hannah Dreier · July 28, 2014 10:07 pm

CORRECTS DATE TO 2014 Former Venezuelan general Hugo Carvajal arrives at the Queen Beatrix International Airport in Oranjestad, Aruba, Sunday July 27, 2014 after being released by authorities. Carvajal was detained in Aruba on U.S. drug charges, released by the Dutch Caribbean island Sunday and sent home, authorities said Sunday.(AP Photo/Pedro Famous Diaz)

Aruba releases Venezuelan diplomat sought by US

JOSHUA GOODMANDAVID McFADDEN · July 28, 2014 3:27 am