Guaido supporters abandon occupation of Venezuelan embassy in Brazil

Guaido supporters abandon occupation of Venezuelan embassy in Brazil

The tense 11-hour stand-off created a diplomatic embarrassment for Brazil's right-wing government as it hosts a BRICS summit.

  • bySergio Moraes

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Brazil blames Greek ship for devastating slow-drip oil spill

Brazil blames Greek ship for devastating slow-drip oil spill

Authorities have described the spill along a quarter of the country's entire coast as one of its worst environmental disasters.

'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
Venezuela wins seat on UN human rights body despite fierce opposition

Venezuela wins seat on UN human rights body despite fierce opposition

The US and other Western nations have sought to oust Venezuela's government due to the treatment of its own population.

  • byEdith Lederer
Venezuela's Humboldt glacier is disappearing before scientists'eyes

Venezuela's Humboldt glacier is disappearing before scientists'eyes

Temperatures are warming faster at the Earth's higher elevations than in lowlands.

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
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'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
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
'Elite inspectors'to fight human trafficking in Colombia

'Elite inspectors'to fight human trafficking in Colombia

Colombia is training dozens of inspectors to hunt down cases of labour trafficking and exploitation,a response to the needs of migrants from Venezuela who are at high risk of being victimised.

  • byAnastasia Moloney
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