Civil and political freedoms in Venezuela have sharply deteriorated over the past year, according to the United Nations’ top ...

I n Venezuela, for the first time in 25 years, the possibility of real change has opened up. Chavismo, in power since the end of the 1990s, heads into the presidential elections of July 28 ...

Venezuela’s president ordered the creation of a new state called “Guayana Esequiba” on Tuesday, following a controversial Sunday referendum which saw Venezuelan voters approving the ...

Venezuela releases 225 political prisoners from post-election sweep. It was the first major release of dissidents since the start of President Nicolás Maduro’s crackdown, which advocates say ...

Venezuela’s government and opposition parties are poised to restart political negotiations after the US midterm elections next week, a move that could lead the US to start easing some sanctions ...

Closer to home, both Venezuela and Colombia used power-sharing agreements to lend stability to their nascent democracies in the 1950s. Would Mr. Maduro accept a power-sharing deal? Perhaps not.