The Latest Breaking News from Venezuela

Washington (AFP) - The United States is easing some of its tough sanctions on Venezuela to encourage political dialogue between President Nicolas Maduro's regime and its opponents, a senior official said Tuesday.

The United States government is moving to ease a few economic sanctions on Venezuela in a gesture meant to encourage resumed negotiations between the U.S.-backed opposition and the government of President Nicolás Maduro

In a break from its socialist model, Venezuela’s government plans to open for private investment a number of state-owned companies in vital sectors as it seeks to address a need for capital for severely underinvested businesses

Helping president would hand victory to autocratic alliance led by Russia, warns deputy foreign minister

MIAMI — A former Venezuelan national treasurer was extradited from Spain to Florida on Thursday night to face charges of accepting millions in bribes from a billionaire businessman who paid her and her husband through Miami bank accounts so the tycoon could make a fortune off the Venezuelan government’s lucrative…

A Venezuelan woman who was the late President Hugo Chávez’s nurse and later the nation’s treasurer has been extradited from Spain to the U.S. to face money-laundering charges

Spain's High Court said on Friday it had extradited to the United States a Venezuelan woman who was a member of late President Hugo Chavez's inner circle, on charges of money laundering and belonging to a criminal group.

Venezuelan housewife Leoana Maricuto was cooking in the kitchen with her husband and their 3-year-old son last week when a gas canister exploded, engulfing her in flames.

Paris and Tyson Fury made the decision to take their daughter Venezuela, 12, out of school after she finished Primary school. The parents say that they plan on raising their children 'the traveller way', but insist that she will have a tutor and be home schooled