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Venezuela sets largest orchestra world record

Venezuela on Saturday locked in the Guinness record for the world's largest orchestra after thousands of local musicians performed Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March." The performers were...

Judge junks raps vs. Maduro ally Saab

Miami—A US judge on Monday dismissed seven of eight money-laundering charges against Alex Saab, a businessman close to the regime of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro,...

Alleged Maduro money launderer defiant after US extradition

Caracas—A fugitive businessman accused of acting as a money launderer for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime said Sunday he would not collaborate with the...

Venezuela political prisoner dies of Covid 

An army general who aligned with Venezuela's late Hugo Chavez but later broke ranks with the socialist strongman and spent years as a prominent...

A million bolivars become one as Venezuela tweaks weak currency

Caracas, Venezuela—For the third time in 13 years, Venezuela on Friday will slash   zeroes off its inflation-battered currency, the bolivar. This time, it will...

Cheap electricity a boon for bitcoin mining in cash-strapped Venezuela

On a factory floor in Caracas, the din of dozens of computers working non-stop is deafening. This is the sound of a bitcoin mine --...

Sailing boats and cycle rickshaws in oil-rich, fuel-light Venezuela

By Margioni Bermudez MARACAIBO, Venezuela"•Maracaibo is known as the center of Venezuela’s oil industry, but a chronic fuel shortage has left fisherman Franklin Romero using...

Sanctions and elections on table at Venezuela talks

Venezuela's government and opposition will restart talks in Mexico with sanctions, political prisoners and elections on the table, but not the future of President...

Venezuela gears up for gold ‘battle’

Caracas, Venezuela—Venezuela’s vice president said Tuesday the socialist government is “girding itself for battle” in case the highest court in Britain recognizes opposition leader...

Venezuela repatriates 700 citizens from Trinidad and Tobago

President Nicolas Maduro's government repatriated more than 700 Venezuelans who fled to nearby Trinidad and Tobago amid their homeland's crippling economic crisis, the Foreign...

Biden reaffirms support for Venezuela opposition leader

President Joe Biden reaffirmed US support for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido in a letter Monday even in the midst of efforts to resume...

Venezuela activists charged with terrorism: rights group

Three activists with Venezuelan rights group Fundaredes, which has lifted the lid on fighting near the border with Colombia, are facing criminal charges including...

Venezuela announces acquisition of 12 million Cuban vaccine doses

The Abdala vaccine has completed its three phases of clinical trials but has yet to be given the all-clear either by Cuba's health authorities...

Oxen replace farm tractors in diesel-starved Venezuela

By Margioni Bermúdez CARACAS, Venezuela"•“We have gone back about two centuries,” groans farmer Alfonso Morales who, for a lack of diesel in oil-rich Venezuela, must...
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