'This is our reality':Venezuelan teachers get side gigs to survive crisis

'This is our reality':Venezuelan teachers get side gigs to survive crisis

The crisis has driven an estimated 40 per cent of Venezuela's 370,000 active teachers from their jobs since the start of 2017,according to union figures.

  • byScott Smith

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US-led effort to oust Maduro from office hits a new stage

US-led effort to oust Maduro from office hits a new stage

Colombia has charged that Maduro is hosting and arming Colombian guerrillas who have threatened to reignite a terrorist campaign.

  • byKaren DeYoung
'Even if we have to play ourselves':Venezuelan socialist defiant as US sanctions threaten baseball

'Even if we have to play ourselves':Venezuelan socialist defiant as US sanctions threaten baseball

MLB said it would suspend involvement in the Venezuelan league,which starts play in October,while it awaited word from the US government on sanctions.

  • byVivian Sequera
'Un-American':States sue Trump administration over rule to bar poor migrants

'Un-American':States sue Trump administration over rule to bar poor migrants

Some experts say the rule could cut legal immigration in half by denying visas and residency to thousands of people if they fail to meet income tests.

  • byEric Beech andMohammad Zargham
Venezuelans brace for more hardship

Venezuelans brace for more hardship

Trump's latest executive order imposes a full embargo on Venezuela's government,putting it on a footing similar to Cuba,Iran,North Korea and Syria.

  • byMariana Zuniga andRachelle Krygier
Venezuela government,opposition hold talks in Barbados

Venezuela government,opposition hold talks in Barbados

The statement came a day after US President Donald Trump said he was considering a quarantine or blockade of Venezuela and ahead of a summit in Peru on the Venezuelan crisis.

  • byLefteris Karagiannopoulos andLuc Cohen
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Hear Venezuelans'cry for freedom:Brazil tells Russia,China

Hear Venezuelans'cry for freedom:Brazil tells Russia,China

Few issues divide the BRICS group as deeply as how to deal with Venezuela,whose socialist government is strongly backed by Russia and China.

  • byDiane Jeantet
After scathing report,Venezuela releases judge,students

After scathing report,Venezuela releases judge,students

Maria Lourdes Afiuni,who was arrested nine years ago without a warrant,confirmed her release on Twitter.

  • byStephanie Nebehay
Venezuela'death squads'kill young men and stage scenes:UN report

Venezuela'death squads'kill young men and stage scenes:UN report

Government figures showed that deaths ascribed to criminals resisting arrest numbered 5,287 last year and 1,569 by May 19 this year.

  • byTom Miles
Venezuelan navy captain dies in custody after rebellion accusation

Venezuelan navy captain dies in custody after rebellion accusation

The captain,Rafael Acosta,had been detained in good health but was in a wheelchair when brought into court on Friday,where he kept repeating the word"help"to his legal team.

  • byAnatoly Kurmanaev
Maduro says authorities foiled plot to kill Venezuela's first couple

Maduro says authorities foiled plot to kill Venezuela's first couple

The plan allegedly involved an attack on the headquarters of the country's intelligence agency to release a detained general and install him as president.