Topic: Caracas

Venezuela's rife crime political peril for Chavez

CARACAS (Reuters) - Children tussle after dark on a dusty soccer field used just weeks ago as a shooting range by local drug gangs, a sign that a new police force is making a mark on one of Venezuela's most violent slums ...
By Corina Rodriguez Pons . Venezuelan brokerages seized by the government will be permanently closed and probably liquidated by the end of the ...
Venezuelan brokerages seized by the government will be permanently closed and probably liquidated by the end of the year, securities regulator...

Chavez defends his record on crime in Venezuela

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez defended his socialist government's security record on Thursday, rejecting pre-election claims by the opposition that crime had risen sharply during his 11 years in power.Rampant murders, kidnappings an
During his six-year quest to force the government to return his land, Venezuelan farmer Franklin Brito sewed his mouth shut, amputated a finger and...

Politician raffles breast implants

A Venezuelan politician is offering breast implants as a prize in a raffle to raise funds for his parliamentary election campaign.. . "Some people ...

Venezuela hunger striker's death angers Chavez foes

CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan farmer who died after a hunger strike to protest President Hugo Chavez's land takeover policies was denied his own doctor and has become a symbol for the oppressed, his mourning family said.In a politically sensitive case

Venezuela frees Chavez critic

Venezuelan police on Thursday freed the head of opposition television network Globovision hours after he was arrested, as President Hugo Chavez's...
The situation in Venezuela is becoming dangerously tense. Ramon Guillermo Aveledo says that the Sept. 26 parliamentary elections may be the last ...
Venezuelan hunger striker dies after repeated protests over land dispute with governmentA Venezuelan farmer who staged repeated hunger strikes to protest a government-sanctioned takeover of his farm has died in a military hospital in Caracas.Franklin Brit