Tag: violence Venezuela

• Friday, March 30th 2018 - 09:49 UTC

  Mutiny and fire leave dozens dead in Venezuelan jail; UN calls for a “thorough investigation”

  

  68 inmates lost their lives and more than 30 were injured during a riot and a fire that occurred in an overpopulated police prison in Valencia, in central Venezuela.

• Monday, March 2nd 2015 - 01:14 UTC

  Maduro retaliates and will demand visas from US citizens travelling to Venezuela

  

  President Nicolas Maduro said his government had captured American citizens involved in “espionage activities,” and said US citizens in the future will have to seek visas to come to Venezuela. Speaking during a rally, he said his government will prohibit some US officials from entering Venezuela in retaliation for a similar measure by the government of President Barack Obama against a group of Venezuelan public officials.

• Saturday, January 11th 2014 - 06:27 UTC

  Silent protest: thousands at funeral of ex-Miss Venezuela slain in an armed robbery

  

  Thousands of people attended the funeral of actress and former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear and her ex husband this Friday, in solidarity with the family of the couple that was slain this week in an armed robbery.