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A Venezuelan commander contends Colombia wrongly detained four of his soldiers last week along the border separating the South American nations.
President Hugo Chavez said he met privately with actor Sean Penn on Wednesday, and that the Oscar-winning celebrity may film a movie in Venezuela.
Venezuela's state oil company has purchased ConocoPhillips' 40 percent stake in a joint natural gas venture with Chevron Corp.
Police dispersed opponents of President Hugo Chavez's government on Saturday as thousands demonstrated both for and against an education law that critics fear will lead to political indoctrination in schools.
Hundreds gathered in Venezuela on Friday to demand justice after a group of journalists protesting media regulations were kicked, punched and beaten with sticks.
A dramatic rise in kidnappings has prompted several protesters to trek across Venezuela, calling on President Hugo Chavez's government to crack down on abductions that are terrifying families.
Filmmaker Spike Lee championed a free press Friday during a visit to Venezuela, where broadcasters are under pressure to avoid criticizing President Hugo Chavez's leftist government.
Venezuela deported a convicted European drug trafficker dubbed the "Mafia's foreign minister" to Italy on Tuesday, where he has been wanted on drug smuggling charges since 2001.
General Motors Corp. is halting production in Venezuela for three months starting Friday. Ford Motor Co.'s subsidiary announced 10 percent cutbacks last week. Other automakers also are shrinking their business — but not because Venezuelans don't want to buy cars.
Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman is performing with Venezuela's top young musicians and says he is impressed by their spirit and intensity.
Hundreds of opponents of President Hugo Chavez marched in support of press freedom in Venezuela on Wednesday, two years after his government refused to renew the concession of an opposition-aligned television station.
Venezuelan police uncovered a cache of weapons and explosives at a Caracas apartment and later detained four foreigners on suspicion of planning terrorist acts, authorities said Saturday.
The National Assembly gave preliminary approval Tuesday to legislation that would let President Hugo Chavez's government seize control of some oil service companies without following usual legal procedures for expropriating private businesses.
President Hugo Chavez met with a delegation from Iran on Saturday to prepare for an upcoming visit from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — an alliance that has provoked concern in Washington.
President Hugo Chavez on Friday condemned a U.S. report that alleges Venezuela fails to cooperate in fighting terrorism and called on President Barack Obama to end the decades-long trade embargo against Cuba.
President Hugo Chavez said Saturday he hopes to "reset" relations with the United States at an upcoming summit.
Venezuela has the planet's cheapest gasoline: At 12 cents a gallon (3 cents a liter), it costs about 30 times less than bottled water.
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela increased oil shipments to the United States in January, despite President Hugo Chavez's anti-U.S. rhetoric and a promise to OPEC to cut output, the U.S. Department of Energy said Wednesday.
Venezuela's federal government seized seaports and airstrips in at least four states on Saturday, a move critics say is meant to limit the powers of mayors and governors opposed to President Hugo Chavez.
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan rescuers are still searching for a small plane flown by a U.S. missionary that vanished two weeks ago in the jungles of southern Venezuela, an official with the country's civil aviation agency said Thursday.
President Hugo Chavez says a referendum victory that removed limits on his re-election is a mandate to intensify his socialist agenda for decades to come. Opponents warn of an impending dictatorship.
Cancel the candlelight and return the roses. President Hugo Chavez wants Venezuelans to postpone Valentine's Day until after a referendum Sunday.
President Hugo Chavez said victory in a Sunday referendum that would abolish presidential term limits is key to his transformation of Venezuela into a socialist state, and shrugged off opposition claims that it would send the country on a dangerous path toward dictatorship.
Venezuela's state oil company is behind on billions in payments to private oil contractors from Oklahoma to Belarus, some of which have now stopped work, even as President Hugo Chavez funnels more oil revenue to social programs.
An armed group vandalized Caracas' oldest synagogue, shattering religious objects and spray-painting walls in what Jewish leaders called the worst attack ever on their community in Venezuela.
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