Venezuela News

Two years ago, New Hampshire refused to accept heating oil aid from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the pro-Castro U.S. critic who once called President Bush "the devil." But with fuel prices rising, well, ...

Morales, Lula and Chavez sign agreements to build roads of integration Riberalta , July 18 .- Presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva; Venezuela, Hugo Chavez Frias and Bolivia, Evo Morales Ayma signed ...

By James Ingham - BBC News, Caracas Amnesty International has urged Venezuela to do more to protect women from domestic violence.

CARACAS, Venezuela _ Business leaders tired of taking the blame for Venezuela's soaring inflation are chiding government officials for encouraging consumers to help fight rising food prices by haggling with ...

Caracas, Jul 13 A memorable Black Swan pas de deux by National Ballet of Cuba First Dancers Viengsay Valdes and Romel Frometa closed Ballet World Fiesta in Caracas.

Today's question: The United States and Venezuela have normal economic relations; in fact, trade has increased between the two countries over the last few years.

By Humberto Marquez CARACAS - Seventeen countries in Central America and the Caribbean are to make down payments of only 40 percent on Venezuelan oil, while cooperating to expand their food supply, and calling ...

Guatemala, Jul 14 Local media headline Guatemala"s entry to the Petrocaribe energy initiative, in virtue of which the country will receive 20,000 barrels of heavy oil and diesel daily.

Vice President Carlos Lage is heading the Cuban delegation to the 5th Petrocaribe Summit opening Saturday in the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo, local media reported.

More Chavez aims to expand Venezuela oil-supply pact In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, embraces Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernadez during a ...

Venezuelans are celebrating their fifth victory in the Miss Universe pageant. Some Venezuelans in Caracas shouted and cheered while watching the pageant on television when 22-year-old Dayana Mendoza was crowned ...

Thousands of Venezuelans protested in the capital on Saturday to demand the Supreme Court overturn a 'blacklist' blocking key opponents of President Hugo Chavez from running in upcoming elections.

Chanting 'freedom!' and waving Venezuelan flags, the demonstrators marched to the court, where they urged justices to strike down the list.

'We cannot allow our civil rights to be trampled upon,' said Veronica Pino, a 35-year-old secretary who held a sign reading: 'Restrictions, No! Constitution, Yes!'

Today Venezuelans hit the streets to march and protest yet once again. It was surprisingly big enough that it got several international articles out already: from Spain El Pais , close to the Socialists over ...

President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that he is expanding his Venezuela's Petrocaribe oil-supply pact to include Guatemala.

President Hugo Chavez called for an overhaul of Venezuela's prisons on Saturday, saying inmates often wait too long for their cases to be heard.

Chavez said his government will form a task force to transform the prison system. He complained to the Supreme Court president, Luisa Estella Morales, that inmates shouldn't have to wait two years or more for decisions.

'How is it that two years pass and there isn't a decision?,' Chavez said during a televised speech, referring to the case of one female inmate in the audience. If 'new courts have to be created, it will have to be done.'

Maria R. Arbieto, 42, of Keasbey died Sunday, July 6, 2008 in Perth Amboy. Born in Peru, she has resided in Keasbey since 2000.

CARACAS, Venezuela : President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that oil prices will continue spiraling upward as world reserves decline and consumption in wealthy countries including the U.S. climbs.

Havana, Jul 9 Director of BNC , Alicia Alonso, will travel to Caracas in late July to give final touches to her Giselle version to be premiered at the Teresa Carreno Theater on August 2. BNC sources said this ...

Three of the five Sydney residents who joined a May Day solidarity brigade to Venezuela reported back on their observations and experiences of the Bolivarian revolution to a meeting of 35 people on June 24.

Archbishop Ubaldo R. Santana Sequera of Maracaibo, President of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference, opened the 90th Ordinary Assembly for the Bishops' Conference yesterday, July 7, with an address on the some ...