The government said Monday it is taking steps designed to prevent blackouts that have been hitting several regions across Venezuela, so there won’t be interruptions during congressional elections this weekend. Energy Minister Ali Rodriguez said...

A plane carrying 51 people crashed Monday in eastern Venezuela, and officials said 33 survived while at least 14 were killed. The French-built ATR 42 from the state airline Conviasa slammed into a lot used by the state-run Sidor steel foundry, leaving...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday went through with his threat to reject the diplomat nominated by President Barack Obama to be the U.S. ambassador to Caracas. Chavez said he won’t accept Larry Palmer as envoy because he recently suggested...

You could call Omar Cedeño many things: a class traitor; a tool of international capitalism; a criminal suspect; even an enemy of Hugo Chávez’s socialist revolution. You could also call Cedeño, who sells meat from a cramped shop, a butcher. He...

Venezuela has captured a suspected Colombian drug smuggler who is wanted on cocaine charges in the United States and who has allegedly collaborated with Mexico’s Zetas drug gang, the justice minister said Thursday. Tareck El Aissami held up the...

Celebrations have been taking place in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, to mark the country’s bicentenary. A large parade included the military and different groups from across Venezuelan society. Attending the celebrations are allies of...

With earthquake-ravaged Haiti needing all the help it can get the Venezuelan government cancelled its estimated $167 million foreign debt with that Caribbean nation.

Hugo Chavez accused the Netherlands on Thursday of allowing the United States to use Dutch islands off Venezuela’s Caribbean coast to prepare a possible military attack against his country. The Venezuelan leader said the U.S. military, to prepare...

Residents of the Venezuelan capital on Monday began to experience water rationing as part of a government preservation measure during a drought. The rolling cuts to water service will affect the capital of Caracas and some nearby areas for periods of...

On shimmering Copacabana beach, where Rio’s body-conscious residents play volleyball and soccer, giant screens are being readied for a live broadcast of the vote that will determine whether this city will make history by becoming the first South...