Caracas

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

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)

The Maduro government is facing serious obstacles in selling its oil and accessing international credit, blaming restrictions for the economic crisis, but experts point out the collapse predates them

The government of Nicolás Maduro has attempted to halt the process, which Caracas claims is being driven by Washington, through various judicial resources

From 2015 to 2018, the rate rose from 3.8 to 9.3 per 100,000 inhabitants; men between the ages of 30 and 64 and youths between 15 and 24 are the most at risk

As immigration restrictions tighten up across Latin America and Venezuelans face rising xenophobia in other countries, thousands of citizens are returning to a more unequal and expensive nation