Venezuela
Unconvinced by election, Venezuela emigrees stream across border
SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela Crouched on a sidewalk near Venezuela's border with Colombia, construction worker Deiver Guarate said Sunday's presidential election has already been decided in favor of President Nicolas Maduro, and he did not plan to stay around to hear the results. | Video
Venezuela accuses U.S. of sabotaging election with new sanctions
CARACAS Venezuela on Saturday accused the United States of using new sanctions against its government's top officials to sabotage a controversial presidential election on Sunday, which the country's opposition says has been rigged.
Exclusive: In run-up to Venezuelan vote, more soldiers dissent and desert
CARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela Arrests for rebellion and desertion are rising sharply in Venezuela's armed forces, a mainstay of President Nicolas Maduro's Socialist government, amid discontent within the ranks at food shortages and dwindling salaries, according to documents and interviews with army personnel. | Video
'Loyal to my revolution': Despite Venezuela woes, Maduro has diehard fans
CARACAS Helen Blandin, a 44-year-old single mother, has seen her life crumble in tandem with Venezuela's devastated economy. | Video
U.S. accuses Maduro, Venezuelan party official of drug trade profiteering
WASHINGTON The United States on Friday accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the No. 2 official in the country's ruling party of profiting from illegal narcotics shipments, the first time that Washington has publicly linked Maduro to the drug trade.
Eleven dead in second prison riot in week in Venezuela
CARACAS Nine prisoners and two guards were killed during a riot in a prison in the western Venezuelan state of Lara, Prisons Minister Iris Varela said on Friday, the country's second in a week.
With school canceled in run-up to vote, Venezuelans flock to beach
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela Gym teacher Francisco Sanchez relaxed under an umbrella in his blue-and-white Speedo, as the light blue surf of the Caribbean sea crashed over a beach just outside Caracas.
Venezuela's Maduro gets support from Erdogan, Maradona ahead of vote
CARACAS/BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela Venezuela's diplomatically isolated president got a show of support from his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan and Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona on Thursday ahead of a weekend election widely decried as unfair.
Venezuela's Maduro plans to bring in Colombians to vote for him: Santos
BOGOTA President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government has been giving Venezuelan identification cards to Colombians in order to transport them over the border to vote for him in Sunday's presidential elections, the Colombian government said on Thursday.
U.S. urges Venezuela to release U.S. citizen after prison riot
WASHINGTON The United States is worried about the safety of U.S. citizens held in Venezuela after a riot at a prison there on Wednesday and has appealed again for the release of Mormon missionary Joshua Holt, the State Department said on Thursday.
