List of Venezuela articles
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Venezuelan opposition supporters celebrate the results of the legislative election in Caracas, on the early morning December 7, 2015. Venezuela's opposition won --at least--a majority of 99 out of 167 seats in the state legislature, electoral authorities said Monday, the first such shift in power in congress in 16 years. AFP PHOTO/LUIS ROBAYO / AFP / LUIS ROBAYO (Photo credit should read LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images) A Requiem for Chavismo?
Elections in Venezuela have created a majority government for the opposition — finally. But is this the end of days for the legacy of Hugo Chávez?
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GettyImages-499445416 crop The Slow Death of Chavismo
The Venezuelan president inherited a vast empire of propaganda from his charismatic predecessor. Here’s how he lost it.
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GettyImages-499823126_960 Is This the End of Chávez’s Venezuela?
Voters in Venezuela are threatening to give Nicolás Maduro's ruling party the boot in Sunday's election — if the Chavistas let them.
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GettyImages-499825348 crop Venezuela’s Opposition Is Poised to Win Big — But Maduro Isn’t Done Yet
Venezuelans are fed up with their chavista government. But taking down Maduro will take more than a win at the polls this Sunday.
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Supporters cheer during a Movement of Democratic Unity (MUD) opposition party's rally, in Caracas on December 2 , 2015. Sixteen years into late president Hugo Chavez's leftist "revolution," opinion polls indicate the opposition is poised to win legislative elections Sunday for the first time since the firebrand leader came to power. AFP PHOTO/FEDERICO PARRA / AFP / FEDERICO PARRA (Photo credit should read FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images) We Must Reclaim Democracy in Venezuela
President Nicolás Maduro has held Venezuelan democracy hostage. On Dec. 6, voters must take it back.
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GettyImages-498209714 crop The New Faces of Venezuela’s Opposition
Venezuela’s opposition has many new faces — and they’re impatient for change. Can they and the old guard get along?
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GettyImages-494374314_960 The Walls Are Closing in on Venezuela’s Chavismo
The end of the revolution is nigh.
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GettyImages-475036633 crop This Land Was Your Land
In Venezuela, land redistribution is not just an ideological imperative — it’s how the regime rewards its friends and punishes its enemies.
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GettyImages-465282288 U.S. Drug Investigation Reaches Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro’s Inner Circle
A U.S. drug investigation has reached Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro's inner circle.
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lopez youtube video crop Venezuelan Opposition Leader Was Framed, Says Former Prosecutor
After fleeing Venezuela, Franklin Nieves comes clean: Leopoldo López's trial, he says, was "a sham."
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GettyImages-477911000 crop Venezuela’s Other Political Prisoners
Venezuela has several high-profile political prisoners whose mistreatment has shocked the world. But there are hundreds more. Here are a few of their stories.
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GettyImages-477910300 crop The World Is Watching Caracas
Why Venezuela's approaching parliamentary elections matter — and not only for Venezuelans.
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GettyImages-486185944_960 Maduro’s Wag the Dog Moment
With tanking poll numbers, an economy in free-fall, and an opposition that's out for blood, is Venezuela's president manufacturing a national crisis to buy himself time?
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GettyImages-471810644 Two of America’s Neighborhood Foes Are Headed in Very Different Directions
As Cuba releases more than 3,000 prisoners ahead of Pope Francis's visit, Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro tries to silence his opposition.
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GettyImages-487682050 crop Venezuela’s Most Famous Dissident Gets 13 Years
The outcome of Leopoldo López's trial is even worse than his supporters feared. But President Maduro's victory may be short-lived.
