Maduro and His Crony Made Millions While Venezuelan Children Starved
Growing up in Venezuela, I saw how the country's socialist economic policies made it a struggle to survive. Every day, I ...
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‘A hall of mirrors’: Director Jen Gatien’s new documentary examines how a former U.S. soldier became embroiled in a failed foreign coup
Men of War, which revisits an attempt to overthrow Venezuela’s government in 2020, is the opening night film for the Double ...
'Fat Leonard,' Navy contractor behind one of the military's biggest scandals, sentenced to 15 years
Former military defense contractor Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for masterminding a ...
Music From Exile: Venezuelan Voices Find Purpose In the Fight for Their Country
Venezuelan artists Nacho, Danny Ocean, Elena Rose, Lele Pons & Mau y Ricky talk about music, politics and activism in a Billboard Español cover story.
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Venezuela’s Maduro appoints to his Cabinet a close ally pardoned by the US in a prisoner swap
Maduro named Alex Saab minister of industry and national production and tasked him with promoting “the development of the entire industrial system of Venezuela within the framework” of what he ...
Nashvillians prepare as Trump promises to tackle immigration
The immigrant community is under the microscope as President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions of people here ...
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Venezuela’s opposition leader speaks about ‘nightmare’ of his last days in Caracas before Spanish exile
From exile in Spain, Venezuela’s opposition leader sat down with CNN en Español on Thursday where he spoke about the “nightmare” of his last days in Caracas and his hope to find a solution ...
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Venezuela arrests five foreigners over alleged antigovernment activity
Human rights groups say repression has increased in Venezuela after the presidential race on July 28. When Maduro’s government claimed victory without offering the usual breakdown of election re ...
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We left everything in Venezuela. We don’t have a place to live or sleep and have nothing to eat. Nayebis Carolina Figuera, a 34-year-old from Venezuela who fled to neighbouring Brazil Despite some ...
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Venezuela’s ex-oil minister arrested for alleged ties to US
Pedro Tellechea, Venezuela’s onetime petroleum minister and a former state oil executive, was taken into custody on Sunday, the AFP news agency reported. Details of his arrest were announced on ...
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Venezuela's Maduro says Trump re-election "new start"
CARACAS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Venezuela's government on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the U.S. presidential contest, with President Nicolas Maduro later calling Trump's re ...
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Venezuela arrests former oil czar, accused of US ties to undermine industry
Venezuela's top prosecutor Monday announced the arrest of a former oil minister and accused him of working with the U.S. government to undermine the industry that drives the country's economy ...