Venezuela restricts diplomats from France, Italy, Netherlands

Venezuela said Tuesday it would limit the number of accredited diplomats at the French, Italian and Dutch embassies, citing their governments’ “hostile” response to Nicolas Maduro’s inauguration for a third…

Venezuelans rally to support opposition after disputed vote

Thousands of Venezuelans gathered Tuesday in a peaceful show of opposition support a day after 12 people died and hundreds were arrested during protests against President Nicolas Maduro’s disputed presidential…

‘We were robbed’: Despair in Venezuela after Maduro victory

Thousands of furious Venezuelans took to the streets Monday to protest what they called a stolen election, tearing down posters of President Nicolas Maduro as the banging of pots and…

Venezuela’s Maduro: Marxist, Christian, iron-fisted ‘superhero’

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, whose declared election victory Sunday the opposition rejects, has been written off many times during a turbulent decade in power. But the former bus driver has…

Maduro declared Venezuela election winner, opposition reject result

Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election Sunday but the opposition and key regional neighbours immediately rejected the official results. The opposition coalition itself claimed victory, after…