Venezuela's government says fourth US citizen was detained in alleged plot to kill President Maduro

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government Tuesday announced the arrest of a fourth U.S. citizen in connection with an alleged plot to kill President Nicolás Maduro in which authorities claim the CIA, Spain’s intelligence agency, organized crime groups, sex workers and members of the...

Christmas in Venezuela kicks off in October, President Maduro has declared

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The world’s attention on Venezuela has been focused in the last weeks on the fallout from a highly contested presidential election that both the ruling party and its opponents claim to have won, the ensuing persecution of critics and the arrest warrant against the...

Major power outage hits Venezuela's capital, with Maduro government blaming 'sabotage'

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans spent most of Friday in the dark as a major outage knocked out power in the capital, Caracas, and several states. President Nicolás Maduro's government blamed the outage, which it said began about 4:50 a.m., on “electrical sabotage.” ...

Maduro opponents take to streets to revive protests disputing Venezuelan election results

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro took to the streets Wednesday in an attempt to revive protests against him as he tightens his grip on power following last month's disputed election. The demonstration in the capital, Caracas, comes exactly...

Maduro taps a hard-line loyalist to oversee Venezuela's police, raising fears of a further crackdown

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday appointed a ruling socialist party boss to oversee the country’s police forces, empowering a hard-line loyalist who has vowed to pursue government opponents as part of a crackdown that has alarmed human rights groups. ...

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Aug. 16 - Aug. 22, 2024 Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado attended a rally in Caracas to protest the country's disputed election results. Trash collectors clean up the Christ the Redeemer statue on Rio de Janeiro's Corcovado Mountain. Bolivia's former President Evo...

Voices across the globe express concern over increasing arrests in Venezuela after disputed election

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Voices across the globe expressed concern Sunday over the growing number of arrests in Venezuela following last weekend’s disputed elections. Pope Francis said Venezuela is “living a critical situation” in his traditional Sunday remarks at the...

Venezuela's opposition secured over 80% of crucial vote tally sheets. Here's how they did it.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The statement that upended Venezuela came 24 hours after polls closed in the presidential election. With the reassuring tone of someone who has consistently been considered an underdog, opposition powerhouse Maria Corina Machado announced that her...

A few thousand Venezuelans take to the streets of Caracas' largest poor neighborhood to protest Maduro claim of victory

The Latest: Maduro is declared winner in Venezuela election as opposition claims irregularities

Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner in Venezuela’s presidential election on Sunday, even as his opponents were preparing to dispute the results, setting up a high-stakes showdown that will determine whether the South American nation transitions away from one-party rule. Shortly...