Americans unfamiliar with Venezuela may not know that in the not-so-distant past the nation was rich with oil and opportunity. Congressional candidate Carmen Maria Montiel remembers a Venezuela that brimmed with optimism — before decades of political and ...

Venezuelans are bracing for dueling mass demonstrations Saturday morning. Both the democratic opposition and the socialist dictatorship are preparing make or break shows of force. The opposition claims that its candidate easily swept last Sunday’s ...

The US has positioned warships, aircraft and troops near Venezuela and conducted a series of air attacks on small boats in the region that American officials allege were operated by drug cartels. US forces intercepted and seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Dec.