Venezuela

Génesis Carmona, a former Miss Tourism in her state of Carabobo, died on Wednesday after being shot in the head in a Tuesday protest. The state's governor had called for groups aligned with the governing socialist party to launch an "immediate counterattack".

Venezuela's chancellor, Elías Jaua, today revealed that the the government of Nicolas Maduro is sore with the Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos.

Venezuela is going through some major protests against the government of Nicolás Maduro, and Leopoldo López is one of the heads behind them. He is a leader with Venezuela’s Popular Will opposition party, who’s helped lead the protests in Caracas, calling for the resignation of Maduro. But where did he come from? We've gathered 6 fast facts about this man who's been making international headlines.

A 17-year-old engineering student José Ernesto Méndez was one of several demonstrators hit by a truck in the city of Carúpano on Tuesday as they blocked a road in protest. Authorities say the driver has been arrested.

Protests in Venezuela have gotten increasingly violent and correspondingly a number of prominent Venezuelans have spoken out.

Thousands of Venezuelans gathered in New York and Miami on Monday to protest violence against student-led opposition protestors after three were shot to death at a march last week.

The Venezuelan government says they have for years been intercepting dispatches from US consular officials asking for more funding for youth civil-society organizations which the government counts as being among the opposition.

Twitter users in Venezuela lost image services for a day after three protestors were killed while taking part in demonstrations against the government of Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuelan capital Caracas has become the center of increasingly violent student-run protests against Maduro's government.

Miami members of Congress have spoken out publically against President Nicolas Maduro and urged him to bring peace to the troubled capital.

Maria Cano has been in the food cart industry for decades selling arepas on the streets in Jackson Heights, Queens. She is opening a restaurant sometime this spring.

With one game left to crown a champion, find out when and where to watch the 2014 Caribbean Series title game between Mexico and ....

The semifinals of the 2014 Caribbean Series continue as Puerto Rico and Venezuela battle for the right to face Mexico in the final. Find out where you can catch all the action!

Oliver Stone is reportedly working on a movie about the life of Hugo Chávez.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he has proof that Monday’s mass power outage was the work of sabotage.

Juan Gabriel was visiting Venezuela and made a quick stop at the Miraflores Palace, where he greeted president Nicolás Maduro with "Las Mañanitas" in anticipation of his birthday the day after.

Two fans were killed at a Chino y Nacho concert in Venezuela when a sound tower collapsed as people climbed the structure.

Venezuela's national assembly has approved a measure that would allow Nicolás Maduro to govern by decree for a period of 12 months.

A new attack in Ottawa suggest the growing crime trend in Venezuela of cutting off women's hair to sell it to black markets, has gone international.

Oh no he didn't! Osmel Sousa was quoted by the New York Times saying that ugly women invented "inner beauty" but later released a statement denying it! What do you think? Did he say it or not?

Venezuela's Maria Gabriela Isler has been crowned Miss Universe 2013. Learn six fast facts about the beauty queen.

Miss Venezuela has been crowned as Miss Universe 2013! Maria Gabriela Isler is taking back to her home country the 7th title! Congratulations!

Venezuela shot down a Mexican aircraft , the Caracas government said on Wednesday. Venezuelan General Vladimir Padrino made the announcement via Twitter earlier today.

The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, claims that an image of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has made its way on the wall of a construction site.

Both teams are in a must-win position.

Paleontologists have found fossils in a Venezuelan oil field, including that of a giant armadillo, crocodile and a saber-toothed tiger.

Venezuela suffers from a paper shortage that leaves newspapers struggling to stay in business.

A power outage leaves 70 percent Venezuela without power for three hours.

Anywhere between 130,000 to 400,000 civilian militia members in Venezuela have already been armed since Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s predecessor Hugo Chávez returned to office after a 2002 attempted coup. Now Maduro says he wants to hike that number up to 1 million.

Venezuelan president vows to crack down on hair thieves.