Under Growing Military Pressure, Caracas Moves to Its Own Rhythm

The consequences of the economic collapse and deep inequality are seen daily in the hillside slum of San Agustín, on the edge ...

Venezuela aprueba ley para derogar adhesión al Estatuto de Roma, base de Corte Penal Internacional

La Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela, de abrumadora mayoría oficialista, aprobó por unanimidad el jueves una ley para derogar el ...

Maduro resurfaces in Caracas, as Trump says he has spoken to Venezuelan president

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro made his first public appearance in days on Sunday, putting to an end speculation within the country that he had fled amid escalating tensions with the US.
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Caracas says Cuyuní River clashes were a “false flag” operation by Guyana

Following Georgetown's complaints, Caracas' Bolivarian regime said Friday that the Guyana Defense Force's (GDF) alleged attacks along the Cuyuní River were a “false flag operation” designed to ...

Venezuelan journalist on life in Caracas over the past year

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Venezuelan journalist Tony Frangie, who heads the newsletter Venezuela Weekly, about what life on the ground has been like over the past year.
BBC

Five Venezuelan opposition members 'rescued' from Caracas, US says

Claudia Macero (L), Pedro Uchurrurtu (C) and Magalli Meda are photographed greeting the media in August from the Argentine embassy in Caracas, which at the time was under Brazilian custody. Five ...
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Caracas accuses U.S. of CIA-linked mercenary plot — Maduro warns of new ‘Gulf of Tonkin’ moment in Caribbean

Tensions in the Caribbean spiked after Venezuela announced that its security forces had captured what it described as a “mercenary group” allegedly connected to the United States Central Intelligence ...
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Are Caracas’ Murders Really Falling?

Caracas is the second most violent city in the world A recent government announcement about an alleged drop in the homicide rate in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, raises strong doubts about whether ...
Time

The Street Gangs of Caracas

“There has never been a shortage of bereaved mothers in the sprawling, violent Caracas barrio known as Catia,” writes correspondent Tim Padgett in last week’s issue of TIME International. Caracas, ...
CNN

Fear on the streets of Caracas as Maduro’s inauguration looms

“If you need one word to describe Venezuela these days, it would be fearful.” That’s what one Latin American diplomat told CNN this week, reflecting on the strange atmosphere in the country.
Los Angeles Times

Another victim of Venezuela’s unrest: Caracas’ once-renowned zoo

Reporting from CARACAS, Venezuela — Nothing illustrates the miserable state of the Caricuao zoo more than the dozen vultures circling above the pen of Ruperta, a 46-year-old African elephant who was ...
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US Navy masses 25% of its global power in Caribbean—largest buildup in generations outside Caracas

The largest concentration of U.S. naval power in decades is now clustered in the Caribbean Sea, long a corridor for drug ...