Venezuelan police arrested six public employees and seized drugs during a raid here last weekend on a rave, the Attorney General’s Office said Monday. In a communique, the AG office said that the rave was going on in the wee hours Sunday at a house...

The Venezuelan Attorney General’s Office said it dropped a conspiracy charge against former Zulia state governor and opposition presidential candidate Oswaldo Alvarez Paz. Attorney General Luisa Ortega announced the decision at a press conference,...

According to Elías Eljuri, President of Venezuela’s National Institute of Statistics, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is the country with least social inequality in Latin America. The official said during a TV interview that according to the...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez decreed an “electrical emergency in the country” after noting that the water levels at the dams where hydroelectric plants are located “continue to fall, approaching critical levels” due to an ongoing...

Police and supporters of President Hugo Chavez clashed with students in cities across the country Monday during protests over the government forcing an opposition channel off cable TV. One youth was reported killed and 16 people suffered injuries.

The UN expressed concerns Wednesday about threats made against Colombian judicial officials and warned that some were coming from the government and police. Following a 10-day visit to Colombia, the UN Rapporteur for the independence of the judiciary,...

Dreaming of a new life, Ramon Barrera came to El Charcote, a vast farm in northwestern Venezuela, several years after President Hugo Chavez’s populist government had expropriated the property from its longtime owners and begun distributing parcels to...

High-energy light bulbs are to be banned in Europe from the start of 2010, EU energy ministers agreed today.Incandescent bulbs – the conventional version with a filament – will be replaced with low-energy fluorescent bulbs.

Celebration about recent growth in Latin America has quickly given way to near-universal alarm about economic prospects. Stock markets are collapsing. Latin currencies are under great pressure. More weakness almost certainly lies ahead. Real indicators...