The Latest Breaking News from Hugo Chávez

A month on from disputed election, Perkins Rocha detained in crackdown that opposition fears will intensify

Venezuelan President Maduro appoints Diosdado Cabello to oversee police forces amid post-election tensions. International scrutiny grows over government cr...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has named the ruling socialist party boss to oversee the country’s police forces

Nearly a month after the Venezuelan president’s roundup many expect him to ride out the threats to his 11-year rule

Amid growing international consensus that the recent election was stolen, the president has launched a crackdown jailing 1,300 people and killing 24

Before Venezuela’s presidential election on July 28, people were deeply concerned and frightened. Supermarkets were crowded as people stocked up on essentials like food and water in preparation for possible protests. They feared a rigged election that could lead the country into a new era of crisis, marked by unrest…

In today’s newsletter: As the opposition accuse President Nicolás Maduro of rigging the vote, we examine the background to this and where it leaves a country already in crisis

Under collectivism, "a man must be prepared to break every moral rule," F.A. Hayek observed in 1944.

Maduro told troops he is ‘willing to do anything’ to protect his ‘revolution’ amid growing criticism of crackdown on opposition

Tens of thousands gather in Caracas defying crackdown by president to hear speech by María Corina Machado

Thousands from the capital’s favelas, once strongholds for the ‘revolution’, have faced a brutal crackdown after challenging last month’s presidential election result