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Venezuela sends military to fight Caracas street crime

Jill Langlois and Simeon TegelMay 14, 2013 11:00

The plan, called "Secure Fatherland," is the country's latest attempt to lower violent crime in its capital city. It will create around 500 checkpoints around the city, and some 9,000 new police officers and around 1,600 National Guard officers currently in training will later join the program.

Ariel Castro beat wife, threatened neighbors: police records

Jennifer MattsonMay 13, 2013 19:17

It remains unclear whether the previously reported incidents could have led to freeing of the three women Castro allegedly kidnapped and held in his home.

Venezuela: Maduro accuses ex-Colombian President Alvaro Uribe of assassination plot

Allison JacksonMay 4, 2013 13:25

“Uribe is behind a plot to kill me," Maduro said in a televised speech on Friday.

Venezuela opposition challenges presidential election result in court

Faine Greenwood and Simeon TegelMay 3, 2013 05:55

Opponents of Venezuela's newly elected president, Nicolas Maduro, have taken their grievances to the nation's Supreme Court, hoping to convince the legal body to overturn the April 14th vote.

5 signs Venezuela-US relations are still rocky after Chavez

Girish GuptaMay 2, 2013 06:01

CARACAS — Washington remains the only major government that has not yet recognized the results of Venezuela’s Apr. 14 vote, which election officials here said showed a razor-thin win by Nicolas Maduro. For Maduro, it seems, there’s no love lost. “Take your eyes off Venezuela, [US Secretary of State] John Kerry,” he said on state television. “We don’t care about your recognition.”

Introducing Venezuela's fight club

Girish GuptaMay 1, 2013 11:30

CARACAS — Venezuelan legislators descended into a fistfight in the National Assembly on Tuesday, acting out the explosive tension here following recent disputed elections.

Venezuela's Maduro cozies up to Cuba

Kristin DeasyApril 28, 2013 13:08

Venezuela's new president visited Cuba on Saturday in a show of friendship.

American "spy" arrested in Venezuela

Amy SilversteinApril 25, 2013 20:18

"Judging from the way this gentleman behaved, we presume that he belongs to some intelligence organization."

Venezuela arrests US filmmaker for provoking 'civil war' following election violence

Kristin DeasyApril 25, 2013 13:49

Venezuela arrests a US filmmaker as parliament calls for an investigation into the country's deadly post-election unrest.

Venezuela: Nicolas Maduro sworn in as new president

Jennifer MattsonApril 19, 2013 15:41

Thousands of Venezuelan took to the streets of Caracas to support the nation's new president.