Mar 11, 2017- Miami, FL, USA- Dominican Republic outfielder Nelson Cruz (23) hits a home run in the eighth inning against the USA during the 2017 World Baseball Classic at Marlins Park. Mandatory Credit: Logan Bowles-USA TODAY Sports Nelson Cruz smashed a thre... More »
Cuba’s President Raul Castro attends an ALBA alliance summit to mark the fourth anniversary of the death of Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins Cuban President Raul Castro harshly criticize... More »
FILE PHOTO: Boston Red Sox batter Ryan Lavarnway hits a two-run single off Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher James McDonald during the first inning of a MLB spring training baseball game in Bradenton, Florida, March 18, 2013. REUTERS/Steve Nesius/File photo ... More »
File Photo: A view is seen from the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) in Sao Sebastiao do Uatuma in the middle of the Amazon forest in Amazonas State, Brazil, January 10, 2015. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo Ancient indigenous peoples had a far more profoun... More »
Adrian Solano of Venezuela holds a press conference at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships in Lahti, Finland February 24, 2017. Lehtikuva/Markku Ulander/via REUTERS Venezuelan skier Adrian Solano may be the butt of the world’s jokes after hapless slips and ... More »
Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro addresses the audience during an official visit to Honduras, in Tegucigalpa, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera Communist-ruled Cuba on Wednesday said it had foiled a serious plot aiming... More »
Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo Chinese independent, or teapot, refiners are bringing in rare cargoes of North American heavy crude in a new long-distance ... 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 »
A flag with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) logo is seen before a news conference at OPEC’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria December 10, 2016. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader OPEC and non-OPEC countries have made a strong start to loweri... More »
A soldier patrols in front of the headquarters of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna, Austria, November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader A committee set up to monitor oil output cuts by OPEC and non-OPEC producers will me... More »
Qatar Energy Minister Mohammed Al-Sada said on Sunday that even with an increase in drilling rigs, the oil market is likely to reach a balance as producers implement agreed output cuts. 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 »
Plants are pictured near an oil pump, owned by oil company Rosneft, in the settlement of Akhtyrskaya in Krasnodar region, southern Russia, December 21, 2014. REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko Oil prices edged down on Wednesday as the market waits to see how OPEC and n... More »
Containers are seen at the Mariel port in Artemisa province, Cuba January 5, 2016. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa Cuba’s economy shrank 0.9 percent this year in tandem with the crisis in key trading partner Venezuela, President Raul Castro told the National Assembl... More »
Pole dancers from Argentina and Venezuela displayed a skillful blend of poise and athleticism to be crowned South American champions in Buenos Aires on the weekend. More »
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih talks during the 23rd World Energy Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, October 10, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih will not attend meetings on Wednesday between OPEC and non-OPEC... More »
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a rally with supporters in Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S. September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump increased his attacks on a former beauty queen with a vague and u... More »
The Facebook logo and emoticons are seen on a coffee mug at the reception of its new office in Mumbai, India May 27, 2016. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade Facebook Inc launched a stripped down version of its popular Messenger app for emerging markets on Monday as it ... More »
A worker looks on at the Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim oil refinery outside Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo Oil held steady on Monday, as the world’s largest producers gathered in Algeria to discuss ways to support the ... 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 »
A general view shows Castello road in Aleppo, Syria September 16, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail Moscow stepped up its war of words with Washington on Sunday, saying air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition on the Syrian army threatened the implementation of a U.S... More »
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives a speech at the 9th Congress of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on August 29, 2016. KCNA/ via REUTERS min Park and Jack ... More »
Brazil’s new President Michel Temer attends the presidential inauguration ceremony after Brazil’s Senate removed President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia, Brazil, August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino Brazil’s Senate ousted President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesda... More »
A pumpjack drills for oil in the Monterey Shale, California, April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Oil prices fell over 1 percent on Monday after the U.S. dollar jumped, with markets pressured as Iraq’s production rose and as Iran said it would only cooperate... More »
By Libby George | LONDON LONDON Oil prices rose on Monday to their highest in nearly a month, with benchmark Brent crude trading more than 10 percent above the start of August, as speculation intensified about potential producer action to support prices in an ... More »
By Steve Keating | RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO The U.S. men’s basketball team closed out pool play with an unbeaten record but a nervy 100-97 win over France on Sunday confirmed that getting to the top step of the Olympic podium will not be an easy climb. “P... More »
By Andrea Shalal | UEDEM, Germany UEDEM, Germany The German air force worked closely with a Berlin theater on its production of “Terror”, a play about a pilot prosecuted for shooting down a hijacked airliner to prevent it from hitting a crowded stadium. “The p... More »
SINGAPORE Oil prices fell on Thursday as a build in U.S. crude inventories and record Saudi Arabian production reinforced fears of a persistent supply overhang that will last well into next year and keep weighing on markets. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) ... More »
CARACAS A Pokemon Go player hides his cellphone in the carved out pages of a 19th-century French novel, hoping to avoid criminals on Venezuela’s notoriously dangerous streets. “I’m afraid of insecurity, but I want to be a Pokemon trainer!” said Carlos Reina, a... More »
An art gallery in the Venezuelan capital is honoring the late Mexican artist Frida Kahlo with an exposition featuring the works of 50 female Venezuelan artist. The exhibit – entitled “Always Frida” – is being displayed at the Florida Art Gallery in Caracas mar... More »
SANTO DOMINGO U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday called on Venezuela’s crisis-hit socialist government to release political prisoners, respect freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and alleviate shortages. Speaking at a meeting of the Organi... More »
ASUNCION, Paraguay Paraguay’s state-run oil firm Petropar said Saturday that Venezuelan state oil producer PDVSA [PDVSA.UL] had set a 10-day deadline for the Paraguayan company to pay off $287 million of long-standing debt. The demand comes shortly after Parag... More »
LONDON Oil prices jumped over 2 percent on Monday to their highest since November 2015 on growing Nigerian oil output disruptions and after long-time bear Goldman Sachs said the market had ended almost two years of oversupply and flipped to a deficit. Brent cr... More »
DOHA A deal to freeze oil output by OPEC and non-OPEC producers fell apart on Sunday after Saudi Arabia demanded that Iran join in despite calls on Riyadh to save the agreement and help prop up crude prices. The development will revive oil industry fears that ... More »
LIMA Peruvian health authorities on Saturday reported the first case of the Zika virus having been sexually transmitted in the country, after a resident contracted the disease while traveling in Venezuela and then infected his wife once back in Peru. Zika has ... More »
CARACAS Venezuela on Friday reversed a half-hour time change that was one of the signature measures of former president Hugo Chavez’s idiosyncratic 14-year rule. Chavez turned Venezuela’s clocks back 30 minutes in 2007 so that children could wake up for school... More »
CARACAS, Venezuela Camimpeg, a new company formed by Venezuela’s military, will begin providing state oil producer PDVSA with services including drilling, logistics and security in less than a month, a senior defense official said in an interview. Deputy Defen... More »
The following timeline charts the origin and spread of the Zika virus from its discovery nearly 70 years ago: 1947 – Scientists researching yellow fever in Uganda’s Zika Forest identify the virus in a rhesus monkey 1948 – Virus recovered from Aedes africanus m... More »
Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has since spread to many countries in the Americas. The following are some questions and answers about the virus and current outbr... More »
LONDON Crude oil prices eased in thin trade on Monday as a meeting between OPEC producers Saudi Arabia and Venezuela showed little indication that steps would be taken to boost prices. Global benchmark Brent futures LCOc1 were down 8 cents at $34.98 at 4.32 a.... More »
BOGOTA More than 3,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday, as the disease continues its rapid spread across the Americas. Brazil is investigating the potential link between Zi... More »
Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica SA has expressed interest in buying AT&T Inc’s pay TV assets in Latin America, which could be valued at around $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. AT&T bought the Latin American assets as par... More »
CARACAS Employees at a Pepsi-Cola Venezuela plant have been freed by the government, which had detained them for halting operations for lack of raw materials, Empresas Polar, owner of the local Pepsi (PEP.N) division, said late on Sunday. “Pepsi-Cola Venezuela... More »
Two men including an oil equipment supply firm executive have been arrested on charges related to an alleged scheme to corruptly secure energy contracts from Venezuela’s state-owned energy company, the U.S. Justice Department said Sunday. Roberto Rincon, the p... More »
CARACAS Venezuela’s opposition trounced the ruling Socialists on Sunday to win the legislature for the first time in 16 years and gain a long-sought platform to challenge President Nicolas Maduro’s rule of the OPEC nation. The opposition Democratic Unity coali... More »
WASHINGTON South America’s vast Amazon region harbors one of the world’s most diverse collection of tree species, but more than half may be at risk for extinction due to ongoing deforestation to clear land for farming, ranching and other purposes, scientists s... More »
NEW YORK Kansas City catcher Salvador Perez was named the most valuable player of the World Series after the Royals clinched Major League Baseball’s Fall Classic with a 7-2 win over the New York Mets on Sunday. The 25-year-old Venezuelan delivered rock solid d... More »
Satellite TV provider DirecTV said it would restate financial statements for the quarter ended June, citing an incorrect measurement of assets of its Venezuelan subsidiary. Statements related to the quarter are being restated to record a pre-tax charge of abou... More »
VENICE Films from Latin America won two of the top prizes at the 72nd Venice Film Festival on Saturday, with Venezuelan director Lorenzo Vigas getting the Golden Lion best film award for “Desde Alla” (From Afar). Vigas, who won for his first feature film, abou... More »
TORONTO U.S. rhythmic gymnast Laura Zeng increased her gold medal haul to five, women’s baseball made a landmark debut and hosts Canada had their least productive day at the Pan American Games on Monday. The 15-year-old Zeng, her focus fixed firmly on the 2016... More »
CARACAS Origami-like boats made from Venezuela’s rapidly depreciating bolivar bills sit on the cash register of a small fruit and vegetable store in Caracas. Cashier Marisol Garcia makes the bolivar boats to illustrate roaring inflation and the currency’s tumb... More »
CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday that a recently created diplomatic back-channel with the United States is “working very well” at improving communication between the two countries following more than a decade of tensions. Maduro said ... More »
CARACAS Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday said he was calling in the country’s ambassador in neighboring Guyana for consultations amid an escalating row over oil exploration in a disputed offshore territory. The OPEC nation in June demanded that Gu... More »
CARACAS A dispute has been tee’d off between Switzerland’s ambassador to Venezuela and a neighboring elite golf club, after a banner appeared at the diplomat’s residence warning that golf balls injuring or killing anyone inside would violate the Vienna Convent... More »
RANCAGUA, Chile Catching a bus has taken on a whole new meaning in the Chilean Copa America venue city of Rancagua where bus stops have been made into soccer goals with benches and artificial turf. Excited fans enjoyed waiting for buses to the stadium for Sund... More »
KUALA LUMPUR The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is unlikely to implement a production cut at its next meeting in June, a senior Iranian official said on Monday. Asked if OPEC would cut output at the upcoming June 5 meeting, Iran’s Dep... 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 »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – At least three oil companies are still actively bidding for Citgo Petroleum Corp, the U.S. refining arm of Venezuela’s PDVSA, even after the country’s finance minister said that the auction was no longer going ahead, according to three peo... More »
UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will not stand in the way of Venezuela securing a temporary seat on the U.N. Security Council in 2015-16 after Latin American and Caribbean states unanimously endorsed its bid, U.N. diplomats and U.S. sou... More »
LISBON (Reuters) – On June 9, with his 150-year-old Portuguese corporate dynasty close to collapse, patriarch Ricardo Espirito Santo Salgado made a desperate attempt to save it. Salgado signed two letters to Venezuela’s state oil company, which had bought $365... More »
CARACAS (Reuters) – A blackout cut power to much of Venezuela on Friday afternoon, snarling traffic in the capital Caracas and other major cities and interrupting a televised speech by the president in the country’s second nationwide electricity outage in a ye... More »
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has hit a Twitter feed milestone of 2 million followers, though his cyber popularity still lags far behind that of his charismatic predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez. “Today I reached 2 million followers o... More »
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro cautioned opposition leaders to keep their expectations modest on Thursday as he hosted them for mediated talks intended to stem two months of deadly political unrest. Maduro has held similar meetings pre... More »
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pledged to deepen his “economic offensive” to force businesses to cut prices after his ruling Socialist Party won most votes in Sunday’s municipal elections. A partial count showed government allies won 4... More »
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is firing up supporters for the upcoming mayors’ election through a theatrical confrontation with businesses that has showered voters with cheap consumer goods, echoing the style of late socialist leader ... More »
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia is preparing a letter of protest to Russia after two Russian bomber planes twice entered the Andean nation’s airspace without authorization when flying between Venezuela and Nicaragua last week, President Juan Manuel Santos said on ... More »
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said an image of his political idol and predecessor, the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, had appeared miraculously in the wall of an underground construction site. In the latest of a series of accusati... More »
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said an image of his idol and predecessor, the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, has appeared miraculously in the wall of an underground construction site. Since his death from cancer earlier this year, ... More »
CARACAS (Reuters) – Washington has expelled Venezuela’s highest-ranking diplomat in the United States and two others from its embassy in retaliation for Venezuela’s booting out three American diplomats accused of fomenting sabotage, both governments said on We... More »
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday he will ask for decree powers last used by his predecessor Hugo Chavez to ramp up a fight against corruption that has begun to cost him politically with supporters. Maduro, who served as C... More »
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Fugitive former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden will likely accept asylum in Venezuela to escape prosecution in the United States, said Glenn Greenwald, the U.S. journalist who first published the secret documents that Sn... More »
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has not yet formally accepted asylum in Venezuela, the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks said on Tuesday after a Russian lawmaker posted a statement to that effect on Twitter and then deleted it. W... More »
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government released a recording on Wednesday of a well-known opposition lawmaker apparently criticizing the head of the opposition coalition and accusing him of meeting U.S. officials to provoke a crisis in the OPEC nation. In t... More »
