http://www.mail.com/locations/23500-caracas.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/23500-caracas.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055776-venezuela-tensions-high-congressional-brawl.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Tens of thousands of Venezuelans filled the streets of the capital Wednesday in rival marches by the opposition and the government less than a day after a brawl on the floor of congress injured several opposition lawmakers. Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles walked in a crowd of supporters through upscale neighborhoods in the... Wed, 01 May 2013 21:20:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2055776-venezuela-tensions-high-congressional-brawl.html 2013-05-01T21:20:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049276-american-charged-ex-general-held-venezuela.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — An American filmmaker was formally charged late Saturday by Venezuelan officials who accuse him of paying right-wing groups to foment postelection unrest on behalf of U.S. intelligence. The federal prosecutor's office said Timothy Tracy, 35, of West Hollywood, California, was charged with crimes including conspiracy, association ... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 03:44:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049276-american-charged-ex-general-held-venezuela.html 2013-04-28T03:44:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2042484-venezuela-wrestles-truth-bombing-claims.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hours after barely winning Venezuela's presidential election, the ruling party started to flood state media with accusations that opposition provocateurs were firebombing Cuban-run neighborhood health clinics across the country in revenge. More than a week later, a national dispute is raging as the opposition wages a remarkably s... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:33:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2042484-venezuela-wrestles-truth-bombing-claims.html 2013-04-24T21:33:38Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039714-venezuelan-govt-targets-disaffected-ex-supporters.html TACARIGUA, Venezuela (AP) — The razor-close vote to replace late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has sparked what opposition leaders and human rights groups say is a government crackdown on public employees who either didn't back Chavez's hand-picked successor or failed to show sufficient support for the ruling party. The April 14 election had revealed a... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:10:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039714-venezuelan-govt-targets-disaffected-ex-supporters.html 2013-04-23T18:10:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2031178-rough-inauguration-day-venezuelan-leader.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Inauguration day could have gone better for the man picked to lead Venezuela's socialist revolution for the next six years. Hours before President Nicolas Maduro's swearing-in, his government announced it would allow a full audit of the razor-thin vote that the opposition says he won by fraud, which analysts said was likely a bow... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:31:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2031178-rough-inauguration-day-venezuelan-leader.html 2013-04-20T01:31:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030178-election-council-to-audit-vote-venezuela.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Government supporters began filling the streets of Venezuela's capital early Friday to celebrate the inauguration of their leader, even as opponents greeted officials' surprise announcement they will accept an audit of the disputed vote that handed a narrow margin of victory to the heir of late President Hugo Chavez. Opposition c... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:41:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030178-election-council-to-audit-vote-venezuela.html 2013-04-19T13:41:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2029370-venezuela-crackdown-deemed-worst-years.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — National Guard troops beat dozens of opposition supporters inside a barracks for refusing to accept the government-certified electoral victory of Hugo Chavez's heir, a leading human rights lawyer charged Thursday in what he called Venezuela's worst political repression in six years. Alfredo Romero said his group's lawyers also co... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:21:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2029370-venezuela-crackdown-deemed-worst-years.html 2013-04-19T01:21:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022310-chavez-heir-charges-us-unrest-vote.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President-elect Nicolas Maduro and his opposition rival traded accusations Tuesday over blame for post-election violence that the government said had caused seven deaths and 61 injuries across Venezuela. Maduro accused the U.S. of fomenting the violence, which appeared less serious than he suggested, while opposition candidate He... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:16:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022310-chavez-heir-charges-us-unrest-vote.html 2013-04-17T01:16:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019886-maduro-certified-election-winner-amid-protests.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government-friendly electoral council quickly certified the razor-thin presidential victory of Hugo Chavez' hand-picked successor Monday, apparently ignoring opposition demands for a recount as anti-government protests broke out in the bitterly polarized nation. People stood on balconies banging pots and pans in prote... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:17:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019886-maduro-certified-election-winner-amid-protests.html 2013-04-16T03:17:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2021564-students-troops-clash-venezuela-election.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — National Guard troops are firing tear gas and plastic bullets to disperse students protesting the official results in Venezuela's disputed presidential election. The students are hurling chunks of concrete and stones back at the troops on a highway in the capital of Caracas. The students are trying to reach the western part of Ca... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:09:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2021564-students-troops-clash-venezuela-election.html 2013-04-15T21:09:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019712-chavez-heir-barely-wins-opposition-rejects-count.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor, Nicolas Maduro, won a razor-thin victory in Sunday's special presidential election but the opposition candidate refused to accept the result and demanded a full recount. Maduro's stunningly close victory followed an often ugly, mudslinging campaign in which the winner promised to carry on Chav... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019712-chavez-heir-barely-wins-opposition-rejects-count.html 2013-04-15T07:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2017320-lead-narrows-chavez-heir-amid-crime-shortages.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Nicolas Maduro hopes to ride a tide of grief into Venezuela's special presidential election Sunday and win voters' endorsement to succeed the late Hugo Chavez, the divisive larger-than-life leader who chose him to carry on the messy, unfinished Chavista revolution. That will mean inheriting both a loyal following among the poor a... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:51:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2017320-lead-narrows-chavez-heir-amid-crime-shortages.html 2013-04-13T15:51:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2016276-well-greased-vote-machine-chavez-left.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Socialist party activist Rodolfo Sanchez is all nervous energy as he mounts the impossibly steep streets of his impoverished hillside neighborhood. With days to go before Sunday's election to replace Hugo Chavez, it's his job to get out the maximum vote for the late president's hand-picked successor. Sanchez chats with a microbus... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:03:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2016276-well-greased-vote-machine-chavez-left.html 2013-04-12T20:03:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2013700-caracas-chavismos-unfulfilled-promises.html VALENCIA, Venezuela (AP) — It's just after nightfall and the power is out again in untold hundreds of thousands — probably millions — of Venezuelan homes. If the government knows how many, it's not saying. It hasn't issued reports on problems in the public power grid since 2010. In Venezuela's third-largest city, Pedro Martinez dons a shirt for visitors d... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:07:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2013700-caracas-chavismos-unfulfilled-promises.html 2013-04-12T02:07:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2014418-maduro-takes-narrowing-lead-sunday-vote.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Red-shirted backers of Hugo Chavez's chosen heir transformed downtown Caracas into a raucous festival on the final day of campaigning for the weekend presidential election, flooding the streets Thursday in the hundreds of thousands to dance, drink beer and set off ear-splitting fireworks. Interim President Nicolas Maduro, a burly... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:47:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2014418-maduro-takes-narrowing-lead-sunday-vote.html 2013-04-12T01:47:35Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2009978-venezuela-election-food-voting-issue.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans complain that what goes into their Sunday dinner plate comes from abroad: Steak, from Brazil; plantains, the Dominican Republic; rice, South Africa; Parmesan cheese, Uruguay; oats, Chile. Even coffee, in a country famed for it, often is Colombian. It's a complaint heard often these days as Hugo Chavez's hand-picked su... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:39:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2009978-venezuela-election-food-voting-issue.html 2013-04-10T07:39:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2004200-capriles-supporters-rally-streets-caracas.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A general expectation that Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor will win next weekend's presidential election didn't dim the spirits of more than 100,000 backers of challenger Henrique Capriles, who jammed the capital's center on Sunday. Most of the people who converged by foot in the city center on a hot, sunny afternoon tried to... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:03:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2004200-capriles-supporters-rally-streets-caracas.html 2013-04-07T20:03:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2001390-venezuelas-capriles-maduro-wont.html MARACAY, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's opposition presidential candidate says he'll cut off subsidized oil to Cuba, distance his country from nations that disrespect human rights and shore up the South American country's own troubled economy with the billions it now sends abroad to socialist friends. Henrique Capriles also told The Associated Press in an i... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:13:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2001390-venezuelas-capriles-maduro-wont.html 2013-04-05T22:13:42Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1991518-tough-times-ahead-post-chavez-venezuela.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Doing business in post-Hugo Chavez Venezuela is not for the faint of heart. Thousands of companies suffer under currency controls that all but deny them the U.S. dollars they need to import vital items into this oil-rich country, from food to cars to spare parts — even gasoline. Venezuelan firms must sell their wares at state-con... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:24:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1991518-tough-times-ahead-post-chavez-venezuela.html 2013-04-01T20:24:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988320-chavezs-legacy-gains-religious-glow-venezuela.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Holding a Bible in her arms at the start of Holy Week, seamstress Maria Munoz waited patiently to visit the tomb of the man she considers another savior of humanity. The 64-year-old said she had already turned her humble one-bedroom house into a shrine devoted to the late President Hugo Chavez, complete with busts, photos and cof... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:59:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988320-chavezs-legacy-gains-religious-glow-venezuela.html 2013-03-30T20:59:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988686-venezuelas-maduro-opposition-seeks-violence.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela' acting president, Nicolas Maduro, on Saturday accused his opponent of seeking to provoke violence by scheduling a dueling campaign rally in the same western state next week. Opposition leaders countered that it's reasonable to expect that both campaigns can hold events peaceably on Tuesday in the state of Barinas, wher... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:11:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988686-venezuelas-maduro-opposition-seeks-violence.html 2013-03-30T20:11:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1980582-politics-rule-everyday-govt-venezuela.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A sea of marchers in red and yellow T-shirts flowed through the capital's main downtown boulevard, paralyzing traffic while state TV cameras stood ready to record every second. The crowd had come out to show their support for the late President Hugo Chavez and his successor Nicolas Maduro, but they weren't student activists or community organizers. ... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:23:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1980582-politics-rule-everyday-govt-venezuela.html 2013-03-26T19:23:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1968036-venezuela-halts-communication-with-us-diplomat.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government has halted lines of communication established by a top U.S. diplomat to protest what it says has been U.S. interference in the country's internal affairs ahead of an election set next month to replace the late President Hugo Chavez. Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said in a news conference Wednesday that U.S. A... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:44:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1968036-venezuela-halts-communication-with-us-diplomat.html 2013-03-20T20:44:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1967618-surviving-surge-street-violence-venezuela.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — On their daily cable car rides to and from home in Venezuela's capital, Maria Gonzalez and Jose Rafael Suarez soar in a bubble of safety far above the deadly, trash-strewn streets below. Untouchable for 17 minutes, they peer at the expanse of dank, narrow alleys and the zinc roofs of shanties, some built four stories tall. Stray ... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:17:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1967618-surviving-surge-street-violence-venezuela.html 2013-03-20T16:17:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1960048-presidential-candidates-spar-venezuela.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles has launched a nationwide tour as part of his campaign to replace the late President Hugo Chavez. Capriles spoke to a massive crowd Saturday in the town of Calvario in western Venezuela. He said the government had closed the airport there hours before his planned rally and he had ... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:15:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1960048-presidential-candidates-spar-venezuela.html 2013-03-16T20:15:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1958074-hugo-chavez-coffin-parades-venezuelas-ills.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The road from the military academy where Hugo Chavez's body has been lying in state to the hilltop museum where he'll be displayed indefinitely is lined with some of the most dangerous slums on the planet. It runs under bridges in dire need of repair and past grocery stores with few groceries. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans gat... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:27:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1958074-hugo-chavez-coffin-parades-venezuelas-ills.html 2013-03-16T01:27:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1947084-anti-chavez-tv-station-to-sold.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The last remaining television station critical of Venezuela's government is being sold to an insurance company owner who is apparently friendly with the ruling socialists, its owners announced Monday, following an unrelenting official campaign to financially strangle the broadcaster through regulatory pressure. The announcement, ... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:38:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1947084-anti-chavez-tv-station-to-sold.html 2013-03-12T01:38:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1947254-venezuelas-political-divisions-spill-streets.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Under a three-story-tall banner blaring "You are all Chavez," Jose Rafael Hernandez crouched low with a can of spray paint, outlining on a wall a black heart and the words "And long live Chavez..." He and his three-man crew had already sprayed some 20 murals over the past week all over the "23 de enero" slum where support for the... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:36:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1947254-venezuelas-political-divisions-spill-streets.html 2013-03-11T23:36:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1946014-hand-picked-chavez-successor-registers-election.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Thousands of cheering, crying admirers accompanied President Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor Monday as he registered to be a candidate to replace the dead leader, while forcing the main opposition candidate to delay his entry into the race. The massive crowd thronged acting President Nicolas Maduro and blocked opposition cand... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:52:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1946014-hand-picked-chavez-successor-registers-election.html 2013-03-11T22:52:11Z