MiamiHerald.com: Venezuela Wires

Venezuelan president seeks canonization for doctor

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:11 EDT

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has asked Pope Francis to canonize a doctor who tended to the poor in Caracas and is considered a saint already by many Venezuelans.

Venezuela's cardinal: Pope should urge coexistence

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:25 EDT

Pope Francis should pressure Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to focus on promoting democracy and peaceful coexistence to ease tensions with the socialist government's opponents, the Catholic Church's top representative in the country said Sunday.

Venezuela frees judge from house arrest

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:20 EDT

Venezuelan authorities on Friday freed a judge who was arrested in 2009 after then-President Hugo Chavez objected to one of her rulings. Her case became a cause celebre for the opposition and international human rights groups.

Venezuelan president to meet pope

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:23 EDT

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is scheduled to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on June 17.

Venezuela council's election audit backs outcome

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:17 EDT

Venezuela's Electoral Council has completed an audit of results from April's bitterly contested presidential election, and as expected it confirmed Nicolas Maduro's 1.5 percentage-point victory.

New app helping Venezuelans find scarce items

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 10:16 EDT

Harried Venezuelans who devote hours scouring supermarkets for increasingly scarce food basics and toilet paper have just received some digital help thanks to a young software developer.

Venezuela's Maduro halts restricted food sale plan

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:56 EDT

President Nicolas Maduro said Saturday that he has put a halt to a plan to restrict sales of 20 basic food products in Venezuela's most populous state, a scheme critics had deemed rationing in disguise.

Hugo Chavez given Venezuela journalism prize

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:42 EDT

The late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been awarded the country's National Journalism Prize even though he was accused of persecuting the press during his 14 years in power.