Venezuelan president seeks canonization for doctor

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

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

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.

Venezuela Elections

Venezuela auditors: no signs of fraud in contested presidential vote

After finishing an audit of Venezuela’s contested presidential election, authorities say there are no signs of fraud or error.

Venezuelan president to meet pope

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

Venezuela council's election audit backs outcome

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

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

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

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.

Venezuela frees US filmmaker jailed as alleged spy

A U.S. filmmaker jailed for alleged espionage in Venezuela was expelled from the country and returned to the United States in a gesture that could signal a thaw in tense relations between the two countries.

Little Havana

Venezuelans rally on Calle Ocho to allege fraud in presidential elections

Thousands of Venezuelans protested against alleged fraud in the April presidential elections.

Cuba

Russian oil company suspends exploration in Cuba

The fourth dry well since early 2012 signals another reversal in Cuba’s hopes to find oil off its coasts.

Pacific Alliance Summit

In bloc-happy Latin America, the Pacific Alliance hopes to stand out

The four nations of the Pacific Alliance — Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru — are holding a summit in Colombia Thursday. Can the bloc turn into the regional juggernaut it aspires to be?

Venezuela

Pro-government TV host at center of Venezuelan tape scandal steps down

Mario Silva, whose alleged comments provoked a brewing government scandal in Venezuela, stepped down from his television show Tuesday amid calls for a congressional investigation.

CUBA

Fiber optic cable linking Cuba to Jamaica active

Cuba has activated a branch of its submarine fiber optic cable that connects to Jamaica, giving it greater bandwidth and a backup in case the main leg to Venezuela is not available, according to a U.S. company that monitors global Internet traffic.

Venezuela

Chávez ally paints picture of power struggles in alleged tape

Venezuela’s opposition released a tape of a conversation that pro-government television host Mario Silva allegedly had with a Cuban official. In it, Silva paints a picture of power struggles and corruption.

Venezuela

Political tensions run high at Venezuela May Day rallies

The rallies were, ostensibly, to celebrate international workers day, and counted on the support of rival unions and labor organizations. But they were also a show of political strength in a nation still at odds over the April 14 presidential vote.

The Oppenheimer Report

Andres Oppenheimer: U.S., Europe take new step to crack down on ‘tax havens’

While many of us were focused on the Boston bombings, Venezuela’s dubious elections and North Korea’s war noises in recent weeks, the world’s biggest nations took a potentially historic step — they launched a system to detect secret offshore bank accounts.

In My Opinion

Andres Oppenheimer: Latin America’s fastest-growing economies of 2013

New economic projections from the World Bank and the United Nations show that Latin America countries will keep growing at moderate rates this year, except for the booming economies of three countries that start with the letter P — Paraguay, Panama and Peru.