Groups of motorcyclists practice their tricks, especially in the poor neighborhoods of Venezuela. Subsidized by the state, they make up a special division in the National Police
‘They are desperate to find out where I am, but obviously I am protecting myself,’ said the opposition leader
According to the report, the Chavista security forces launched an ‘unprecedented campaign of mass and indiscriminate detentions’ following the July 28 vote
The president, who decreed an early start to the holiday season this year, has appeared in public singing songs and eating traditional sweets. But Venezuelans would rather celebrate Halloween first
The opposition candidate and presumed winner of the presidential elections thanked the Spanish government for taking him in
The story of José Arón Medina and Alexander Ante, who fought in the war in Ukraine before stopping in Venezuela on their way home, remains shrouded in mystery
The Venezuelan president marked a month since the National Electoral Council proclaimed him the winner of the disputed election with fresh attacks against opposition leaders
Almost all of the judges of the TSJ, which validated the president’s controversial victory, have been politically affiliated with Chavismo
The sweeping crackdown following the election has targeted teenagers, journalists and politicians in what critics say is the worst repression since Pinochet
Nicolás Maduro’s inner circle has threatened to arrest Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado and is not relenting to pressure from the United States and leftist leaders who demand a verifiable result
Experts say that polling machines and their printed records are reliable, at least in theory, but warn that Chavismo may discourage participation and threaten voters with revoking their government benefits
Over the last decade, the ruling party has lost a large part of its support base. The corruption and enrichment of the political leaders, in contrast to the impoverishment of the people, have led to deep disenchantment
The dispute between President Nicolás Maduro and opposition leader Edmundo González is pitting continuity against the beginning of a transition that would end 25 years of Bolivarian revolution
The favorite son of the radicalized left in Venezuela, Rodríguez sought power to avenge the murder of his father. In tandem with the president, he works on dividing the opposition and confusing countries that expect a shift toward democracy from Chavismo
The announcement came on the heels of the detention of human rights attorney Rocio San Miguel, which set off a wave of criticism inside and outside the country
Attorney General Tarek William Saab launched an attack against human rights organizations: ‘They are lying, and at the same time they are committing a crime by telling these lies’
Police officers violently raided the offices of teachers’ union leader Víctor Venegas and imprisoned him. He recently organized protests for education workers demanding better salaries
Residents of the jungle region of Guyana, rich in oil and gold mines, respond to the threats being made by President Nicolás Maduro: ‘I don’t want to be Venezuelan, no way’
Via a law announced Tuesday, Venezuela will create a new province or state in the disputed territory, having already appointed a single provisional authority: Major-General Alexis Rodríguez Cabello
Rafael Lacava, a close ally of the Venezuelan president, met with leaders and businessmen in an official effort to realign Caracas’ interests with Beijing
The announcement of international investments in the oil sector by companies such as Repsol, Ecopetrol, China Petroleum, and Indian Oil will mean economic expansion by 2024
Chavismo has once again made a demonstration of its power and, through the judicial bodies it controls, issued an order to suspend the process of the opposition primary elections
The meetings that Caracas and Washington have been holding for a year in Doha have paved the way for the Maduro government to return to the negotiating table
In Ciudad Juárez, hundreds of migrants, especially Venezuelans, are waiting to cross and surrender to the border police, encouraged by many others who have already done it. Their fate: a legal limbo awaiting deportation trials
The capital of Venezuela isn’t able to escape the precariousness being suffered in the rest of the country. Large sectors of the city go without water, while residents live with constant blackouts and electricity rationing
The capture of ‘El Niño Guerrero,’ the leader of the international criminal organization, has not been confirmed despite the massive police and military operation
Venezuelan businessman Diego Salazar – the cousin of former minister Rafael Ramírez – accumulated a personal art collection of 67 works. He did this while leading a plot to money-launder $2 billion in Andorra, which he and his fellow Chavistas embezzled from Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA)
