Tag: Venezuela

A torn poster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who fled the capital and went into hiding after months of protests against his government, is seen fixed on a tent set by protesters at Kiev's Independence Square, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Ted Cruz blasts Obama for failing Venezuela: ‘Negotiating with tyrants and bullies never works’

Charlie Spiering · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

A demonstrator holds a homemade poster in front of a cordon of National Bolivarian National Guard during a protest near the Cuban embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Opponents of President Nicolas Maduro marched to the Cuban Embassy to protest what they consider the communist nation's interference in Venezuela's internal affairs. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Ex-President Carter planning trip to Venezuela

Joshua Goodman · February 26, 2014 1:06 am

US expelling 3 Venezuelan diplomats

US expelling 3 Venezuelan diplomats

LUIS ALONSO LUGO · February 25, 2014 10:05 pm

Marco Rubio on Senate Floor: Venezuela Is the New Cuba

Michael Warren · February 25, 2014 6:17 pm

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Dear President Obama: This is what a passionate defense of U.S. values looks like

Charles Hoskinson · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Venezuelan opposition leader sits out dialogue

BEN FOXCHRISTOPHER SHERMAN · February 24, 2014 7:57 pm

How inept is Obama’s foreign policy? One tweet says it all

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How inept is Obama’s foreign policy? One tweet says it all

Charles Hoskinson · February 24, 2014 5:00 am

An Ukrainian anti-government protester throws a stone during clashes with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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Protestors cry for freedom in Ukraine, Venezuela, but U.S. response is barely audible

Mark Tapscott · February 24, 2014 5:00 am

David Aranguren, his face painted with a representation of Venezuela's national flag, poses for a photo during an anti-government demonstration in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Supporters and opponents of the government of President Nicolas Maduro are holding competing rallies in the bitterly divided country.

Opposition, pro-govt rallies grip Venezuela

FABIOLA SANCHEZJOSHUA GOODMAN · February 23, 2014 4:49 am

An opposition demonstrator holds a poster that reads in Spanish "They are killing us" outside the Venezuelan Military Industries (CAVIM) in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Venezuelan opposition leaders condemned the government Thursday for its heavy-handed attempt to subdue a protest movement with nighttime sweeps that have turned many parts of the country into dangerous free-fire zones. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)

Venezuela opposition denounces ‘brutal repression’

BEN FOXJOSHUA GOODMAN · February 21, 2014 2:59 am

A protester wearing a painter's mask helps build a barricade against the advance of a police water cannon in the Altamira neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. The opposition is protesting the Tuesday detention of thier leader Leopoldo Lopez, as well as rampant crime, shortages of consumer goods and an inflation rate of more than 50 percent. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra)

Venezuelans clash as jailed opposition leader sits

Ben Fox · February 20, 2014 4:07 am

FILE - In this April 19, 2005 file photo,Venezuelan folk musician Simon Diaz listens during an interview in New York. According to his daughter Bettsimar Diaz, the 85-year-old musician, actor and director died after a long undisclosed illness in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Venezuelan folk singer Simon Diaz dies at 85

Washington Examiner · February 19, 2014 7:29 pm