A 14-year-old boy was “run over and tortured” by an armored vehicle driven by the Venezuelan National Guard in the city of Mérida...READ MORE

​" to many Venezuelans, the pope himself has been too willing to give Mr Maduro a free pass. Last October, for example, the Venezuelan strongman turned a meeting with Francis into a propaganda coup. To this day, Mr Maduro claims that by taking such a critical stance, the country’s bishops are out of step with their own pontiff " ... READ MORE

National Guard soldiers block the way to foreign ministry and drive protesters back with volleys of gas and water canon...READ MORE

The medical students, doctors and volunteers of the Green Cross First Aid Brigade have been hailed as heroes...READ MORE

Two Venezuelan opposition leaders were wounded on Monday by security forces dispersing protests in the capital Caracas against President Nicolas Maduro, according to one of the leaders and an opposition legislator. Fifty-nine people have died in the often violent street melees, which Maduro calls an effort to overthrow his government...READ MORE

Tear gas, water cannon and rock throwing were seen at a protest in Caracas on Thursday, as anti-government demonstrators and riot police clashed again. Anti-government demonstrators say they were aiming the action at Venezuela's interior minister, amid growing concerns about arrests leading to trials by military courts...VIDEO

A total of over 2,300 people were detained in Venezuela since the start of the opposition protests in April, head of the Foro Penal (Penal Forum) non-governmental organization Alfredo Romero said...READ MORE

Thousands of Venezuelans in cars and motorbikes have filled roads across the country in motorised protests against President Nicolas Maduro...READ MORE

Riot police have used pepper spray on elderly anti-government protesters marching in the Venezuelan capital. The "march of the grandparents" was the latest in a series of protests launched by the opposition since April...READ MORE

Members of Venezuela's national soccer team called on President Nicolas Maduro to limit the use of force against opposition protesters in a video called "Stop," released on social media on Friday...READ MORE

Photographer Alejandro Cegarra captures some tense moments from anti-government protests in Caracas...SEE MORE

​Last weekend's Wall Street Journal featured yet another article about Venezuela. Titled simply, "Venezuela is starving," the article starts with a subhead about how Venezuela was "once Latin America's richest country." It goes on to describe how Venezuela has degenerated into a hellhole of widespread starvation: Venezuelans are forced to forage through garbage looking for anything edible...READ MORE

Demonstrators in Venezuela, now on their sixth week of protests against the socialist government of Nicolas Maduro, have reportedly started responding to police’s tear gas attacks with so-called “poopootov (shit) cocktails” — yep, glass bottles containing human excrement mixed with water...READ MORE

After six hard-fought weeks in the streets, the standoff between anti-government protesters and security forces is growing scarier and more lethal.To protect themselves, demonstrators here in the capital and in other cities have started outfitting themselves in homemade armour and other improvised combat gear...READ MORE

Members of Venezuela's internationally famous music education program, known as 'El Sistema,' joined a month-old wave of anti-government protests on Sunday. It took the death of 17-year-old musician Armando Cañizales for them to join to chorus of protests...READ MORE

Dressed in white and chanting "Liberty!", tens of thousands of women opposed to Venezuela's socialist President Nicolas Maduro marched on Saturday, proffering roses to security forces who blocked their way... READ MORE

Venezuela’s opposition rallied again this week against President Nicolas Maduro’s plan to rewrite the constitution, accusing him of delaying elections to cling to power...READ MORE

While President Nicolas Maduro has set the gears in motion for a new Venezuelan constitution, the confusion and violence that has engulfed city streets for more than a month only appears to be deepening...READ MORE

As the situation in Venezuela has grown more dire, these photographers have opted to capture the reality on the streets with just their camera to protect them...READ MORE

A 20-year-old man who was shot in the head on Friday is the latest protester to die as mounting unrest in Venezuela enters its second month...READ MORE
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​Venezuelan police fired tear gas and hooded protesters hurled Molotov cocktails as thousands rallied Wednesday in anger at President Nicolas Maduro's plan to rewrite the constitution, as one man died in the violence. ..READ MORE

Click heA Venezuelan national guard armored vehicle careened into a crowd of anti-government demonstrators in Caracas on a day of furious protests that left at least 97 people injured...READ MORE

Police deployed water cannon during an anti-government rally in the capital, Caracas, after demonstrators hurled smoke bombs at law enforcement...READ MORE