A food line in the Socialist paradise of Venezuela. Top Hillary Clinton economic adviser Joseph Stiglitz praised the “positive qualities” of Hugo Chavez Socialism. The Venezuelan economy is in freefall following several years of Chavista economics. Now Stiglitz is advising Hillary on the American economy. MISES Institute reported: Venezuela is in a state of complete crisis. The country has been... 

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (C) addresses leaders during an emergency meeting of the Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, on March 17, 2015. Members of a regional bloc of Latin American and Caribbean nations have slammed the United States for its decision to label Venezuela as a security threat and impose sanctions against a number of its officials. The... 

South American countries have denounced the US airstrikes on ISIL militants in Syria as the violation of the country’s sovereignty. In a Foreign Ministry statement, Ecuador described the air raids as a “violation of the state of Syria’s sovereignty and a threat to its territorial integrity.” “The actions they carried out go against international rights, for they have not been recognized... 

Washington is pushing Venezuela towards a “civil war” because it wants access to the country’s rich oil reserves, Bolivian President Evo Morales has warned. The Venezuelan government has also accused the US of fomenting a coup d’état. Addressing over 3,000 young people at a Latin American Youth Summit in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz, Morales branded the US an “empire” with its eye... 

Hundreds of students and opposition supporters have clashed with police forces in the Venezuelan capital Caracas as they staged a rally demanding the “resurrection” of “democracy” in the South American country. On Sunday, demonstrators began the rally denominated “Resurrection of Democracy” after a barefoot walk and a “Via Crucis” march in the style of Jesus’... 

Anti-government protesters clash with police in Caracas, Venezuela. Two more people have died during demonstrations in Venezuela, pushing the death toll from several weeks of protests to 39. The men died on Saturday in separate incidents, Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez said on VTV public television. A 44-year-old man died in the western city of San Cristobal after being struck by a high-tension... 

Anti-government demonstrators clash with the National Guard in Caracas on March 28, 2014. Violent protests continue against the government of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, despite him having agreed to hold talks with the opposition. Anti-government demonstrators clashed with the National Guard in the capital Caracas on Friday. Maduro has agreed to hold talks with the opposition in the presence... 

Argentinean people have staged a protest rally in the capital, Buenos Aires, to condemn the United States’ interference in Venezuela’s domestic affairs. The demonstrators gathered outside the US Embassy in the Argentinean capital, criticizing Washington for plotting a coup d’état against the Venezuelan government. The protesters also demanded an end to US meddling in the Latin American country’s... 

Protesters demonstrating against the administration of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have clashed with police in the capital, Caracas. Demonstrators, many of them hooded, threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at police officers and clogged up streets in busy areas of the city with makeshift barricades on Saturday. In response, police used tear gas and riot vehicles to disperse the angry mob. President... 

The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that it was breaking diplomatic and commercial ties with Panama on Wednesday, citing the Central American country’s complicity in a “conspiracy.” In strongly worded comments during a commemoration event on the anniversary of the death of the country’s late president, Hugo Chavez, Maduro derided Panama’s leadership. “We’re... 

Leopoldo Lopez Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, wanted for inciting violence, has turned himself over to authorities amid a mass rally by his supporters in Caracas in a move he said would “wake up” Venezuelans who want changes in the South American nation. Tens of thousands of opposition supporters blocked the streets of the Venezuelan capital after Lopez’s arrest, reports Reuters... 

Country with largest oil reserves in the world can’t provide rudimentary service. It is said Benito Mussolini, Italy’s former socialist turned fascist, made the trains run on time. But his modern day counterpart, Nicholas Maduro, can’t keep the lights on in Venezuela. The South American country was pitched into darkness for a second time this year as a power outage struck the oil-rich country.... 

Venezuelan troops have seized Daka chain stores over high prices. Venezuelan troops have occupied stores of the chain electronics company known as Daka in an attempt to force the retailer to sell products at cheap prices. Authorities sent Members of Venezuela’s National Guard to Daka’s five stores on Saturday. According to reports, hundreds of people lined up outside the Daka stores hoping for... 

Caracas brought talks with the US to an abrupt end over statements made by Samantha Power, the nominee for UN ambassador. Venezuela blasted Washington for backing Power’s “meddling agenda” after she criticized human rights in the country. The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry released a statement on Friday announcing an end to rapprochement negotiations between Washington and Caracas in Guatemala. “The... 

The splash page for the social networking website Facebook. Venezuela’s prisons minister has called on Venezuelans to cancel their accounts on the social networking website Facebook in a move to refrain from being targeted by US spying. Maria Iris Varela said in a message posted on Twitter, “Fellow Venezuelans: cancel your Facebook accounts, since you unwittingly have worked as CIA informants!...