CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he will join a team of Cuban scientists on flights to "bomb clouds" to create ...
Water rationing hits Caracas, but for some lack of running water a long-standing grievance While a drought has put Caracas under widespread water ...
Chavez's campaign: Lights out, shorter showers as Venezuelans cope with blackouts, drought A nation built atop a sea of energy is struggling to keep the lights on. Demonstrators angrily brandish surge-damaged blenders, televisions and stereos outside the offices of Venezuela's state utility ...
The US-based Hilton hotel chain is "evaluating" the Venezuelan government's seizure of one of its hotels on the Caribbean resort island of Margarita, a spokeswoman told AFP on Wednesday. President Hugo Chavez ordered the "acquisition by force" of the landmark hotel Tuesday, ...
Venezuela's Justice Ministry accused the deputy mayor of Caracas and leading opposition figure, of attacking a police officer and of incitement to violence during an August protest against a new education law. The ministry asked a court that deputy mayor Richard Blanco ...
President Hugo Chavez has ordered the "acquisition by force" of a landmark Hilton Hotel on Venezuela's Margarita island, the government's Official Gazette announced Tuesday. The facility, on the Caribbean resort island of Margarita in Nueva Esparta state, was targeted for state takeover ...
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's socialist leader Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that U.S. President Barack Obama had done nothing beyond wishful thinking to earn the Nobel Peace Prize. Chavez, who has mixed praise for Obama personally with criticism of his government's "imperialist" ...
Fifty-six people were murdered in Caracas over the weekend, in a wave of weekend violence that left the local morgue overflowing with bodies, local press reported Tuesday. News reports on the deadly violence cited figures provided by the local morgue because the ...
List of endangered monuments from World Monuments Funds Afghanistan: Old City of Herat Argentina: Buenos Aires Historic Center, Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires Armenia: Aghjots Monastery, Garni Village Austria: Wiener Werkbundsiedlung, Vienna Bahrain: Suq al-Qaysariya, Muharraq Belgium: Sanatorium Joseph Lemaire, Tombeek Bhutan: Phajoding, ...
In this photo taken Sept. 2, 2009, a boy, using a toy weapon, plays a video game in Caracas. Venezuela's National Assembly is on track to prohibit violent video games and toys. The proposed legislation, which received initial approval in September, is ...
People demonstrate during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. People marched peacefully across the capital to protest to what they say is the persecution of political opponents by President Hugo Chavez's government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) Copyright 2009 AP News
Miss Miranda, Marelisa Gibson Villegas turns on the runway during the swimsuit event of the Miss Venezuela 2009 a beauty pageant in Caracas, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Copyright 2009 AP News
