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The socialist government has also considered goat breeding as a way to replace beef, given the higher costs of production. (Photo: Pixabay)

Venezuela to promote eating rabbit meat amidst economic crisis

Head of government food program, Freddy Bernal says Venezuelans would have to get over their love of rabbits for the...

14 Sep 2017 6:05 AM GMT

Argentinas Lionel Messi reacts during a 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match against Venezuela in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo: AP)

Agony for Argentina

Messi and Co. slip against Venezuela, hang by a thread.

6 Sep 2017 7:33 PM GMT

How ZTE helps Venezuela create China-style social control

An economic meltdown in Venezuela is causing hyperinflation, widespread shortages of food and medicines.

15 Nov 2018 5:52 AM GMT

Velazco was earlier crowned Miss Venezuela International 2017. (Facebook Screengrab/ MariemClaretVelazco)

Venezuela's Mariem Velazco wins Japan's Miss International Beauty...

Contestants from South Africa, Romania, and Colombia bagged the second, third, and fourth positions respectively.

12 Nov 2018 8:06 AM GMT

Jair Bolsonaro also has accused Maduro of being a dictator

Venezuela's Maduro brands Brazil's Bolsonaro a 'modern Hitler'

He and Bolsonaro have been exchanging barbs since the Brazilian won elections at the end of last year

15 Jan 2019 7:13 AM GMT

People wait for the start of Venezuela Aid Live concert, organised by British billionaire Richard Branson to raise money for the Venezuelan relief effort in Cucuta, Colombia, on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Venezuela sways in a tug-of-concerts

The government has not said who will perform on the Venezuela end of the bridge. That concert's slogan is Hands Off...

23 Feb 2019 1:15 AM GMT

We expect the global leaders will understand our requirements, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.(Photo: File | PTI)

Oil prices firm as supply deficit emerges amid disruptions

OPEC+ will meet in Baku, Azerbaijan, over the weekend to review its output policy, although most expect the cuts to...

15 March 2019 5:19 AM GMT

Much of Venezuela went dark last Thursday, forcing residents to struggle since then through long periods in the dark without consistent electricity. (Photo: AP)

Venezuelans turn highway off ramp into cellphone hotspot

Residents with cars gravitated to a few stretches of highway and off ramps around the capital, Caracas.

13 March 2019 7:09 AM GMT

Trump told the premier that he pledged United States support to Sri Lanka in bringing the perpetrators to justice. (Photo:AP)

US oil sanctions take effect on Venezuela as crisis intensifies

It is among a volley of steps by President Donald Trump to oust Maduro and install opposition leader Juan Guaido.

28 April 2019 7:32 AM GMT

The court had been investigating opposition leader Juan Guaido for usurping the presidents powers. (Photo: AFP)

Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido stripped of immunity, can...

The court had been investigating Guaido for usurping Maduro's powers by declaring himself interim president on January...

3 April 2019 5:42 AM GMT

Protests erupted in Caracas which the ruling establishment termed as an attempted coup. (Photo: AP)

Protests erupt in Venezuela, world notices but stands divided

Incumbent President Maduro is backed by Russia, China, Iran and Turkey. More than 50 countries including the US have...

1 May 2019 4:50 AM GMT