Venezuela
Ice-cream shop closure stirs Venezuela's economic blame game
CARACAS - Venezuela's Tourism Ministry denied on Monday that a famous ice-cream store had closed due to lack of milk, the latest quirky twist in the bitter national debate over who is to blame for the nation's economic problems.
Venezuela's Maduro moves foreign minister Ramirez to U.N.
CARACAS - President Nicolas Maduro named powerful Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez to a new post as envoy to the United Nations on Friday, saying the appointment would strengthen Venezuela's voice on the world body's Security Council from Jan. 1.
U.S.-Cuba rapprochement exposes Venezuela's Maduro
CARACAS - Even as Cuba and the United States try to bury 50 years of enmity, Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro has seemed to be going in the other direction, vilifying "insolent Yankees" at rallies and threatening to cut ties completely.
Venezuela President Maduro hails Obama's 'courageous' Cuba gesture
PARANA, Argentina - Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, on Wednesday called a prisoner swap between the United States and Cuba a "courageous" gesture by U.S. President Barack Obama and hailed it a victory for the Caribbean island.
Latin American leftist exiles hold faith in Maduro's Venezuela
CARACAS - Venezuela's aging community of fugitives from 1970s South American dictatorships are staying loyal to their revolutionary roots and defending President Nicolas Maduro at one of his "Chavista" socialist movement's lowest ebbs.
Exclusive: Citgo valued at more than $10 billion in revised bids - sources
- Citgo Petroleum Corp, Venezuela's U.S. oil refining unit, has received revised bids from at least four bidders, some which have valued the company at more than $10 billion, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Exclusive: India's ONGC, PDVSA aim to raise around $1 billion for Venezuela JV - sources
CARACAS/ NEW DELHI - India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp and Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA are seeking around $1 billion in credit to stem an output decline at their San Cristobal joint venture, two sources close to the negotiations told Reuters.
Venezuela's Maduro slams 'insolent Yankees,' 'murderer' Aznar
CARACAS - President Nicolas Maduro let rip at the U.S. government on Monday over sanctions against Venezuelan officials and branded ex-Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar a "murderer."
American in North Korea denounces U.S., seeks Venezuela asylum: media
SEOUL - A U.S. citizen who illegally entered North Korea delivered a lengthy denunciation of U.S. domestic and foreign policy on Sunday and said he was seeking political asylum in Venezuela, the North's official media said. | Video
Venezuela's Maduro says 'no rush' to hike world's cheapest gasoline
CARACAS - Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro said there was "no rush" to hike the world's cheapest gasoline prices, suggesting the increasingly unpopular president has shied away from implementing the risky domestic reform in the near future amid an economic crisis.
Chavez’s economic program did everything but work
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's rule coincided with a giant surge in oil prices, helping avoid bankruptcy for his country. Yet Chavez’s stewardship alienated foreign investors as well as governments, and kept Venezuelans poor. Commentary






