Venezuela

The Venezuelan government has today hit back at American Vice President Joe Biden for comments he made concerning the situation in Caracas.

The Venezuelan press syndicate says the country's National Guard has engaged in "absolutely repressive" actions against journalists, including stealing their equipment, and criticizes some protestors for attacks as well.

Biden is heading to Chile on Sunday and the Dominican Republic on Wednesday. On the agenda are Venezuelan protests and a Dominican citizenship law widely seen as discriminatory.

Protests in Venezuela have turned violent once more today as protesters clashed with Government forces, leaving two more dead.

Lawmakers in Florida have pushed the Obama administration to punish the Venezuelan government for violence against demonstrators.

Here are ten outrageous quotes that demonstrate the occasional madness of the charismatic leader, Hugo Chavez.

Despite the Ukranian crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken time to remember Hugo Chávez on the anniversary of his death.

Venezuela will remember late head of state Hugo Chávez on Wednesday in a series of commemorative acts.

Opposition protestors marched from the middle-class district of Altamira into the shantytown Petare on Tuesday.

Venezuelan officials have laid charges for intentional homicide against three men for their presumed role in the murder of Mónica Spear.

Venezuelan Chancellor Elías Jaua has accused student protesters of engineering an "international campaigsn of lies and falsehoods."

UN Secretary of State Ban Ki-moon has called for the government of Nicolas Maduro to listen to the demands made by the protesters

Nicolas Maduro has announced that Venezuela will be embarking on a week of events to commemorate the death of Hugo Chavez.

#OscarsforVenezuela is a movement on twitter urging winners and nominees to mention the situation going on in that country at the Oscars.

The Uruguayan president said he would "not interfere," but added that if the Venezuelan opposition and government both sought his help on ongoing unrest which has left 15 dead in Venezuela, he would serve as mediator.

Pope Francis has weighed in on the protests in Venezuela, calling for "hostilities and violence to cease immediately"

Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American senator from Florida, called the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro "puppets of Havana," and said he would push for sanctions against them for recent violence against opposition protesters.

Capriles said he wouldn't attend a talk with Maduro despite threats that benefits to his state of Miranda could be cut off if he did not. "Nicolás, you are not going to use me," he said at a press conference.

Former player and Argentine National Soccer coach Diego Armando Maradona announced plans to serve as post-match analyst for Venezuelan TV network Telesur throughout 2014 World Cup.

Opposition protesters say 13 people have been killed while demonstrating. The government disputes this number, saying that the victim of a stabbing on Saturday was not an opposition member.

Premio Lo Nuestro 2014 wasn't only about music. All the artists and celebrities who gathered at Univisión's award show had one thing in mind. They all wanted peace in Venezuela and they let everyone know.

San Cristóbal, Táchira is quickly becoming the new front of standoffs between the Venezuelan government and opposition protestors.

Maduro has revoked the credentials of CNN after threatening to ban the network. There's no official CNN ban yet, but administrative processes have begun.

The president Nicolás Maduro didn't seem to understand what "SOS" means and in a video that has gone viral, he confused the call for help with something else.

During a nationally televised broadcast, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro told his citizens If you don't like Venezuela, leave."

Nicolás Maduro says CNN's programming wants to make Venezuela look as if they were in a civil war. If they don't rectify their content, their signal will be blocked.

López, who helped convene the Feb. 12 protests which ended in the shooting death of three unarmed protestors, was formally charged with arson and conspiracy.

Madonna has lashed out at Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro on Instagram saying "Apparantly Maduro is not familiar with the phrase "Human Rights"!

The Venezuelan government responded sharply to Obama's denunciation of violence against opposition protestors, calling it a "new and crude interference in the internal affairs" of Venezuela.

New artist Rigú sat down with Latin Times to talk about his three nominations for Premio Lo Nuestro and his promising career.