Venezuela

• Saturday, March 29th 2014 - 06:06 UTC

  Venezuela opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez will remain in a military prison

  

  The Caracas Court of Appeals rejected on Friday the defense attorney's plea for the release of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, locked up in a military prison since last Feb. 18, Venezuela's Supreme Court said Friday.

• Saturday, March 29th 2014 - 05:50 UTC

  Venezuela’s Failing State

  

  By Leopoldo López - Los Teques, Venezuela — As I compose these words from the Ramo Verde military prison outside Caracas, I am struck by how much Venezuelans have suffered.

• Tuesday, March 25th 2014 - 09:37 UTC

  Unasur delegation expected Tuesday in Caracas 'to follow the political dialogue'

  

  The Unasur (Union of South American Nations) committee to follow the political dialogue in Venezuela will be meeting in Caracas Tuesday and Wednesday this week in Caracas, reported officially the Ecuadorean Foreign minister, Ricardo Patiño.

• Monday, March 24th 2014 - 07:00 UTC

  Venezuela's state prosecutor says security forces have 'committed excesses'

  

  Venezuela's top state prosecutor has affirmed that security forces had committed “excesses” in breaking up nearly two months of opposition protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro that have left at least 34 dead

• Wednesday, March 19th 2014 - 06:59 UTC

  Venezuelan congress wants opposition lawmaker on trial for 'treason'

  

  Venezuela's Congress on Tuesday requested a criminal investigation of opposition deputy Maria Corina Machado for crimes including treason in relation to her involvement in anti-government protests that have left at least 28 dead.

• Tuesday, March 18th 2014 - 06:41 UTC

  Unasur delegation begins dialogue-contacts next week to help with Venezuelan situation

  

  Uruguayan foreign minister Luis Almagro confirmed that next week a delegation from Unasur (Union of South American Nations) will be ready to sponsor dialogue and help de-compress the situation in Venezuela as was agreed at the recent foreign ministers meeting held in Santiago de Chile when the inauguration of president Michelle Bachelet.

• Saturday, March 15th 2014 - 04:26 UTC

  February annual inflation in Venezuela soars to 57.3%; Maduro blames the 'economic war'

  

  Venezuela's annual inflation rate rose to 57.3% in February, the central bank said as violent opposition demonstrations during the month disrupted the economy. However the bank also pointed out that despite the protests inflation slowed on a month-on-month basis to 2.4% from 3.3% in January.

• Friday, March 14th 2014 - 08:52 UTC

  Venezuela reassures fearful Caribbean allies about ALBA and PetroCaribe

  

  Venezuela said the current political unrest in the country poses no danger to the future of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas(ALBA) and the oil initiative PetroCaribe.

• Friday, March 14th 2014 - 08:49 UTC

  Death toll in a month of violent protests in Venezuela has risen to 28

  

  Venezuela's state prosecutor said on Thursday the death toll from a month of violent protests had risen to 28, after the nation's top court ordered opposition mayors to dismantle barricades set up by street protesters.

• Thursday, March 13th 2014 - 06:28 UTC

  Three more fatal shootings in Venezuela raise the death toll to 25

  

  Protesters battled soldiers on Wednesday in the streets of Caracas again as three more fatal shootings raised to 25 the death toll from a month of demonstrations against Venezuela's populist government.