Venezuela plans to continue shipping fuel to Iran despite the threat of U.S. sanctions. David Velasquez is Venezuela’s ambassador to Tehran. He says President Hugo Chavez’s government won’t be bullied into halting its gasoline...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced Israel as a “genocidal” government on Sunday as he hosted Syrian President Bashar Assad on his first visit to Latin America. Chavez has drawn close to Syria and Iran, and cut ties with Israel last...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called on 35,000 armed militias on Tuesday to defend his socialist revolution with their lives if necessary as he faces a test of its popularity in elections in September. Young militias raised assault rifles and...

The president of a Venezuelan TV station that has been critical of leftist President Hugo Chavez was arrested Thursday on charges that he abused his right to free speech, then released after a two-hour hearing before a judge.

Police used tear gas, plastic bullets and water cannons to scatter hundreds of students protesting against the government Thursday, while President Hugo Chavez’s supporters celebrated the 18th anniversary of his failed coup as an army officer.

The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 and was centered 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of the town of Carupano, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on its Web site.

Energy rationing imposed by President Hugo Chavez as a means of coping with a severe drought could worsen Venezuela’s economic recession, business leaders warned Monday. Noel Alvarez, president of Fedecamaras, the country’s biggest business...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday that his country will not sign the declaration being prepared at the climate change summit because it was agreed upon “behind the backs” of most countries

One Friday at around midnight, on Villaflor Street, a favourite spot for gays and lesbians in the Venezuelan capital, Yonatan Matheus and Omar Marques noticed two Caracas police patrol vans carrying about 20 detainees, most of them very young. When...

D’oh! A Venezuelan TV channel has yanked “The Simpsons” off the air because it may be inappropriate for children. Taking its place: “Baywatch Hawaii.” Televen TV station spokeswoman Elba Guillen said Monday that the...