Venezuela’s National Assembly has backed plans to import 39 million rolls of toilet paper, in an effort to relieve a chronic shortage. Lawmakers voted to
Fistfights have broken out in Venezuela’s parliament over the recent disputed presidential election. Several legislators were left bloodied and bruised, with both opposition and pro-government
Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles has vowed to challenge President Nicolas Maduro’s narrow victory in the 14 April presidential poll in the Supreme Court. Mr
(Reuters) – Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro won a collective show of support from South American leaders early on Friday in Lima as his plans to
The US government is refusing to recognise Venezuela’s President-elect Nicolas Maduro’s victory in disputed elections in Venezuela. Secretary of State John Kerry said the US
Venezuela’s election authority has formally proclaimed Nicolas Maduro as the winner of Sunday’s closely-fought presidential election. The National Electoral Council backed the slender victory of
(Reuters) – Nicolas Maduro, a former bus driver who became late socialist leader Hugo Chavez’s protege, narrowly won Venezuela’s presidential election on Sunday but his
The main Venezuelan presidential hopefuls ended their campaigns with massive rallies, ahead of Sunday’s election of a successor to President Hugo Chavez, who died last
(Reuters) – The late Hugo Chavez’s self-declared socialist revolution will be put to the test at a presidential election on Sunday that pits his chosen