Tag: Venezuela

Supporters placed life-size cardboard cutouts of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez outside the Justice Palace as the trial against Lopez for inciting violence at anti-government protests began, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Lopez is the head of the Popular Will party. Before turning himself in to authorities in February, he had been spearheading a movement to force President Nicolas Maduro's resignation. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Jailed Venezuelan opposition leader goes on trial

Jorge Rueda · July 24, 2014 3:44 am

In this July 15, 2014, photo, a defaced billboard promoting Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro with a message that reads in Spanish; "Following in Chavez's footsteps," towers over a main highway in Caracas, Venezuela. Announcements of foiled coups have long been a part of the Chavista discourse, but lately they have become more frequent and elaborate. Opponents say the drumbeat of alleged conspiracies helps the administration shift attention away from domestic problems such as soaring prices and rising crime. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuelan conspiracy theories a threat to critics

Hannah Dreier · July 23, 2014 2:29 pm

End comes for notorious Venezuelan vertical slum

Hannah Dreier · July 22, 2014 10:10 pm

A pedestrian walks past a mural that reads in Spanish "Imperialism" in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Almost four years after Venezuela enacted a law to bar the U.S. from funding groups frequently critical of the socialist government, millions of the American dollars the administration tried to ban still flow to these organizations, an analysis by The Associated Press shows. Much more U.S. support is under consideration. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

US funds political groups in Venezuela despite ban

Hannah Dreier · July 18, 2014 4:37 pm

Venezuelan government handlers hold a package containing the painting "Odalisque in Red Pants," by Henri Matisse, stolen more than a decade ago from a museum in Venezuela, at the airport in Caracas, Monday, July 7, 2014. Venezuelan authorities say the 1925 painting was stolen from the Caracas museum in 2000. The original work was swapped out for a copy. It was found in July 2012 when a couple tried to sell it to undercover FBI agents at a hotel in Miami Beach. The two were sent to prison for attempting to sell the stolen work. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Venezuela welcomes back stolen Matisse painting

Washington Examiner · July 8, 2014 12:26 am

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2014 file photo, a woman reads a notice on the door of a closed Delta Airlines office after the government devalued the local currency for flights abroad in Caracas, Venezuela. Delta spokeswoman Sarah Lora confirmed Monday, July 7, 2014 that the carrier is reducing service by 85 percent, replacing its daily roundtrip flight between Atlanta and Caracas with one roundtrip weekend flight as of Aug. 1. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra, File)

Delta Air Lines cutting back flights to Venezuela

Hannah Dreier · July 7, 2014 8:35 pm

Venezuelans in Miami protest Maduro government

Venezuelans in Miami protest Maduro government

Washington Examiner · July 6, 2014 4:16 pm

A skyward view of the El Universal newspaper headquarters, in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, July 4, 2014. El Universal, one of Venezuela's most prestigious newspapers has been sold, Editor in Chief Elides Rojas confirmed. Details of the sale of Caracas-based El Universal to a group of Spanish investors were still emerging Friday. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Major Venezuelan newspaper to be sold

BY FABIOLA SANCHEZHANNAH DREIER · July 4, 2014 11:21 pm

Fla. mayor urges halt of Venezuela deportations

Fla. mayor urges halt of Venezuela deportations

Washington Examiner · June 29, 2014 3:56 pm

In socialist Venezuela, a threat from the left

Hannah Dreier · June 26, 2014 11:46 am

Venezuela leader praises US rejection of sanctions

Venezuela leader praises US rejection of sanctions

Jorge Rueda · May 30, 2014 4:18 pm

Venezuela implicates US envoy in opposition plot

Venezuela implicates US envoy in opposition plot

Joshua Goodman · May 28, 2014 10:42 pm