Venezuela

University professors said they were holding a 24-hour walkout in support of students' right to protest.

Luscinhi was a longtime congressman and Democratic Action party leader who served as president from 1984-1989.

The secretary of state warned that protesters could soon return to the streets and made reference to sanctions legislation moving through the Senate.

Education and trade is said to be at the top of the agenda during John Kerry's trip to Mexico.

Talks between an opposition coalition and the government appear to be reviving, but the main points of discussion might still be non-negotiable.

Venezuela's opposition has repeated several demands and asserting a few new ones before it agrees to return to negotiations with the government.

Correa said during a visit to Chile that "economic errors" had been made by the Maduro administration.

Maduro blamed "pressures coming from Miami ... and the power of money from the extremist lobby of the Tea Party" for the opposition's decision to suspend talks on several key issues.

Venezuela's opposition has suspended talks on key issues, citing insufficient progress.

"Now they're going around with their stupidities saying they're going to sanction us," Maduro said of Congress.

In a pre-dawn raid, federal police cleared barricades set up by opposition protesters. One policeman was killed after being shot in the neck.

The State Department will brief a Senate committee on the matter; the House will soon finalize a sanctions bill.

Cabello said his US visa was revoked after a former Air Force official accused him of contributing money to Osama bin Laden.

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has rejected claims by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the country is facing "insurgents."

Venezuela's repression of it's citizens has been called "systemic" by José Miguel Vivanco, director of Human Rights Watch in a new report.

It's the second minimum wage hike in 2014 in Venezuela, where inflation hit 56 percent in 2013.

Venezuela has paid tribute to the former revolutionary and president of the Municipal Council of Caracas, Eliécer Otaiza, who was murdered last Saturday.

Vargas Llosa visited Caracas this week to attend a conference held by a free-market think tank.

The 78-year-old Nobel laureate has written several novels which deal with the nature of dictatorships, including "The Feast of the Goat" and "Conversation in the Cathedral."

Pope Francis has delivered a sermon at the Vatican calling for peace across the earth in conflicts "small or great, old or new."

Venezuelan actress Mayra Alejandra has passed away after a battle with cancer at the age of 58.

Nicolas Maduro has met with members of the opposition behind closed doors to initiate peace talks in Caracas today

Nairobi Pinto, the Venezuelan journalist who worked at Globovisión was freed yesterday after spending eight days kidnapped.

Authorities say no possible motive for the kidnapping has been identified.

A Venezuelan general said the 97 soldiers and police officers had not received orders from superiors to attack protesters.

Student protests in Venezuela have again turned violent in the country's capital, with tear gas and water cannons used on the crowd.

"I urge you not to get stuck in the conflict of the moment but open yourselves to one another to become true builders of peace," said Pope Francis.

Pacts between the Venezuelan government and opposition, said Maduro, would make him a "traitor to Chavismo."

America is the continent with the most number of murders in the world and Honduras has the worst homicide rate of them all.

Nicolás Maduro has invited Cardinal Pietro Parolin to be one of the mediators during the talks he will be holding with opposition leaders which begin tomorrow.