Peru declares health emergency as Venezuelan exodus now a migrant crisis

Peru declares health emergency as Venezuelan exodus now a migrant crisis

More than 2 million people have left Venezuela for other South American countries in the past year.

  • byMitra Taj

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Panic as Venezuela hit by magnitude 7.3 earthquake

Panic as Venezuela hit by magnitude 7.3 earthquake

The tsunami warning centre earlier mentioned a potential threat to the Caribbean islands and the coasts of Grenada,Trinidad and Tobago as well as Venezuela.

Brazil to send troops to town bordering Venezuela after riots

Brazil to send troops to town bordering Venezuela after riots

The Venezuelan government asked Brazil to"guarantee the care and safety of Venezuelans and their families"and called the episode"violence fed by xenophobia".

Inflation desperation:Venezuela to cut five zeros from currency

Inflation desperation:Venezuela to cut five zeros from currency

Faced with nearly incomprehensible inflation — 32,714 per cent as of Wednesday — Venezuelan officials thought they had a solution:lop off some zeroes.

  • byNicholas Casey
Venezuela asks Peru to find drone blasts suspects

Venezuela asks Peru to find drone blasts suspects

Government has accused opposition politicians and anti-Nicolas Maduro activists abroad of scheming to assassinate the leftist leader.

  • byTeresa Cespedes
Pirates of the Caribbean a grim reality as Venezuela disintegrates

Pirates of the Caribbean a grim reality as Venezuela disintegrates

Centuries after Blackbeard's cannons fell silent and the Jolly Roger came down from rum ports across the Caribbean,the region is confronting a new and less romanticised era of pirates.

  • byAnthony Faiola
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Brazilian judge orders border open for Venezuelan migrants

Brazilian judge orders border open for Venezuelan migrants

A Brazilian federal appeals court judge has overturned a ruling barring Venezuelan migrants fleeing economic and political turmoil from entering Brazil.

  • byRicardo Brito&Anthony Boadle
Venezuela says assassination attempt used drones loaded explosives

Venezuela says assassination attempt used drones loaded explosives

Six suspects are in custody in connection with the attack on Saturday that failed to hurt the president but left seven soldiers injured.

Opposition warns of crackdown after Maduro assassination attempt

Opposition warns of crackdown after Maduro assassination attempt

Venezuela's opposition has warned that President Nicolas Maduro may launch a political crackdown in the wake of a suspected assassination attempt.

  • byBrian Ellsworth&Vivian Sequera
Venezuela's Maduro survives assassination attempt
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Venezuela's Maduro survives assassination attempt

Witnesses said the Venezuelan president was apparently attacked by several explosive laden drones.

Venezuela's inflation rate may hit 1 million per cent

Venezuela's inflation rate may hit 1 million per cent

When the IMF predicted hyperinflation in Venezuela could top 13,000 per cent,it seemed as if the country's outlook could not get any worse. It just did.

  • byAnthony Faiola