Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during an event with supporters in Caracas, Venezuela December 1, 2017. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday gained more powers over the OPEC member... More »
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro looked to the world of digital currency to circumvent U.S.-led financial sanctions, announcing on Sunday the launch of the "petro" backed by oil reserves to shore up a collapsed economy. More »
NEW YORK/LONDON/CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s efforts to restructure its debt may have triggered an initial stampede for the exits, but some investment funds are maintaining their portfolios or even beefing them up, betting that other investors’ distress cou... More »
Venezuelan auto worker Celso Nunez spends his days moonlighting as a mover and trading salvaged building materials in his worn-out red pick-up. More »
Venezuela's government this week urged citizens to see rabbits as more than "cute pets" as it defended a plan to breed and eat them even as the opposition says this would do nothing to end chronic food shortages. More »
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday his cash-strapped country would seek to "free" itself from the U.S. dollar next week, using the weakest of two official foreign exchange regimes and a basket of currencies. More »
Laughing at their own tribulations, Venezuelan theatergoers have been enjoying a new satire about a senior official who broke with President Nicolas Maduro and fled the socialist-ruled country in a boat. More »
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that prohibits dealings in new debt from the Venezuelan government or its state oil company on Friday in an effort to halt financing that the White House said fuels President Nicolas Maduro's "dictatorship.... More »
Venezuela authorities are investigating the theft of animals from a zoo in western state of Zulia that were likely snatched to be eaten, a further sign of hunger in a country struggling with chronic food shortages. More »
FILE PHOTO: Venezuela’s opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who has been granted house arrest after more than three years in jail, salutes supporters, in Caracas, Venezuela July 8, 2017. Venezuelan opposition leaders Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma have been ... More »
People walk past an electronic board showing stock prices outside a brokerage at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, January 4, 2017. Asian shares rose on Tuesday as investors looked to a barrage of economic data around the world to confirm recent signs the g... More »
Jose Manuel Olivares (R), a lawmaker from the Venezuelan coalition of opposition parties (MUD), shouts slogans in front of an Air Force base during a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Caracas, Venezuela June 23, 2017. Picture ta... More »
A demonstrator clashes with riot security forces while rallying against Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday he would ask Pope Francis to per... More »
Venezuela’s Oil Minister Nelson Martinez talks to journalists after a meeting in Vienna, Austria May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger Venezuela is considering several options to repay its debts, the oil minister said on Thursday, after a deep recession and lo... More »
FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a costume with medicine boxes that reads ”Health crisis” shouts slogans during a rally of workers of the health sector due to the shortages of basic medical supplies and against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Ca... More »
Messages are seen on plastic containers filled with feces, called ‘Poopootovs’, which is a play on Molotov cocktails, before they are thrown at security forces during protests, in addition to the usual rocks and petrol bombs, in Caracas, Venezuela May 9, 2017.... More »
Messages are seen on plastic containers filled with feces, called ‘Poopootovs’, which is a play on Molotov cocktails, before they are thrown at security forces during protests, in addition to the usual rocks and petrol bombs, in Caracas, Venezuela May 9, 2017.... More »
Opposition supporters clash with police during protests against unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro in San Cristobal, Venezuela April 19, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez Two Venezuelan students and a National Guard sergeant died on Wednesday after ... More »
Ecuadorean presidential candidate Lenin Moreno (C) celebrates alongside Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa (L) and his wife Rocio Gonzalez during a national election day in a hotel, in Quito, April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo Leftist government candidate Len... More »
Carlos Paparoni (R, in yellow), deputy of the Venezuelan coalition of opposition parties (MUD), clashes with Venezuelan National Guards during a protest outside the food ministry in Caracas, Venezuela March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins A dozen activi... More »
People walk past a graffitti that reads ‘Stop the fraud of the MUD’ in Caracas, Venezuela February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Marco Bello Venezuela’s government is pushing forward with measures that could exclude some opposition political parties from future elections, ... More »
People line up to get into a Banco de Venezuela branch in San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela December 13, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez Venezuela has issued $5 billion in bonds maturing in 2036 to a state-owned bank, a source familiar with the situation... More »
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro (C) attends the 17th Non-Aligned Summit in Porlamar, Venezuela September 18, 2016. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday that OPEC and non-OPEC countries were “close” to re... More »
A natural gas flare on an oil well pad burns as the sun sets outside Watford City, North Dakota January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Cullen Oil prices rose almost 2 percent on Monday, after Venezuela said OPEC and non-OPEC producers were close to reaching an outpu... More »
A man walks past at an electronic board showing the Japanese yen’s exchange rate against British pound (R) and Euro outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, July 6, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato Asian shares advanced on Monday as markets wagered the U.S. Federal Reserv... More »
CARACAS/NEW YORK A growing number of U.S. companies say they can’t cope with Venezuela’s sinking bolivar currency, prompting some of them to remove their operations in the South American nation from their consolidated financial reports. In other cases, they ha... More »
CARACAS (Reuters) – A woman who bashed President Nicolas Maduro on the head with a mango has been promised a new house for her troubles in a surreal tropical tale that has gone viral in Venezuela. The 52-year-old president was driving a bus through a crowd las... More »
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday night there was no recovery in oil prices forecast this year, stressing the OPEC country’s dwindling dollar income should be “correctly” administered. “This year there’s no recovery in oil p... More »
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) – President Barack Obama arrived in Jamaica on Wednesday to attend a Caribbean summit seeking to reassert U.S. leadership in the region at time when oil-producing Venezuela’s economic clout may be receding. As the first U.S. preside... More »
