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Socialist hardliner aims gun on Guaidó march in Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Socialist hardliners in Venezuela opened fire during a march headed by Juan Guaidó, injuring a...
23:01 28 February 2022

AP Interview: Venezuela’s Guaidó extols Trump alliance

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition leader Juan Guaidó said Friday that he trusts U.S. President Donald Trump’s “firm a...
21:59 21 February 2022

Denouncing US, Venezuelan troops, militias stage drills

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's armed forces and civilian militias took the streets in cities, beaches and border regions on Saturday for drills orde...
20:44 15 February 2022

Venezuela’s would-be congress leader shrugs off accusations

CARACAS, Venezuela — The would-be new leader of Venezuela's congress dug in Monday against accusations that he facilitated a takeover of the country's...
0:50 7 January 2022

AP Exclusive: Trump ally may have broken Venezuela sanctions

MIAMI — Erik Prince, a major Republican donor and founder of controversial security firm Blackwater, has been referred to the U.S. Treasury Department...
20:08 30 December 2022

Buzz over Venezuela’s Guaido fades as Maduro holds firm

CARACAS, Venezuela — Tour operator Alejandro Palacios joined hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans protesting in the streets early this year, wanting t...
5:01 23 December 2021

Die-hard Venezuelan soccer fans defy political divide

Venezuela is the only South American country where baseball and not soccer is the No. 1 sport. Still, a group of fans calling themselves the “Red Demo...
17:44 17 December 2021

Venezuela’s Guaidó urges nation back into the streets

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has seen an ally forced from office and protests rattle leaders across Latin America in recen...
5:46 15 November 2021

Venezuelans charting escape selling off past at flea markets

CARACAS, Venezuela — Having decided it's time to abandon her crisis-torn homeland, Yenika Calderon spreads out her worldly possessions in the middle o...
5:02 8 November 2021

Venezuelans buy gas with cigarettes to battle inflation

CARACAS, Venezuela — Motorists in socialist Venezuela have long enjoyed the world's cheapest gasoline, with fuel so heavily subsidized that a full tan...
1:33 26 October 2021