CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez inaugurated a folksy new radio talk-show on Monday by declaring an "electricity emergency" in oil-rich Venezuela. Despite ...
CARACAS (Reuters) - Rarely has the phrase "three strikes, you're out" been so controversial on Venezuela's baseball fields -- or in its politics. ...
CARACAS (Reuters) - Thousands of Venezuelans marched for and against President Hugo Chavez on Saturday amid political and economic tensions fueled by a currency devaluation and shortages of water and power. The marches were the first since Chavez sharply devalued the bolivar ...
Pedestrians walk near the still under construction Sambil shopping mall in Caracas, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Days after President Hugo Chavez announced plans to expropriate a chain of french-owned supermarkets, Pro-Chavez lawmakers in the National Assembly have declared the Sambil shopping mall ...
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, greets a supporter during the inauguration of cable car system in Caracas, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) Copyright 2010 AP News
Venezuela's opposition charges voting districts changed to favor pro-Chavez candidates President Hugo Chavez's foes charged Wednesday that newly announced changes to voting districts in a third of Venezuela will put opposition candidates at a disadvantage in congressional elections. Ismael Garcia, an anti-Chavez ...
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez on Sunday nationalized a chain of supermarkets controlled by France's Casino on charges of price gauging after the government devalued the bolivar currency. "Because of multiple violations of Venezuelan laws the Exito chain will ...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered the suspension of power blackouts in the capital, saying they were having "undesirable effects" on an angry and confused population. Chavez also called for the resignation of his newly appointed energy minister, Angel Rodriguez. The government ...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered the suspension of power blackouts in the capital, saying they were having "undesirable effects" on an angry and confused population. The government announced Tuesday sweeping power cuts across wide swathes of Caracas, as well as the ...
Chavez suspends rolling blackouts in Venezuela's capital, sacks electricity minister President Hugo Chavez indefinitely suspended rolling blackouts in Venezuela's capital just a day after they began, and sacked his electricity minister saying he was responsible for mistakes in the way the rationing ...
Venezuelans have reacted with anger and confusion as the government's power-saving campaign kicked in, turning off electricity across wide swathes of Caracas and the country, amid a drought-driven energy crisis. In the capital's thriving central La Candelaria neighborhood, homeowners and shopkeepers alike ...
CARACAS (Reuters) - School children studied in gloomy classrooms and shopkeepers strained their eyes to count cash as electricity rationing began in Venezuela on Wednesday, presenting a challenge to President Hugo Chavez's popularity. A long drought caused by the El Nino weather ...
