Tag: Caracas

US begins to ease Venezuela sanctions allowing propane deals

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CARACAS, Venezuela — The U.S. government on Monday began to ease the crippling sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on Venezuela by allowing companies...

Report: Venezuela security forces continue killings, torture

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CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan security forces carried out fewer extra-judicial killings in the 12 months through April, a U.N. report said Monday, but it...

Venezuela asks Spain to extradite leading opposition figure

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MADRID — Venezuela has filed a request to get a prominent opposition activist extradited from Spain to complete the remaining 8 years of a...

Venezuela’s ‘doctor of the poor’ beatified in small ceremony

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CARACAS, Venezuela — A man revered by millions of Venezuelans as the “doctor of the poor” is one step away from sainthood after being...

Venezuela’s beloved ‘Doctor of the Poor’ to be beatified

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CARACAS, Venezuela — With the austerity of a monk, a vocation to seek the good of others and a bright scientific mind, Jose Gregorio...

Vatican No. 2 skips trip to Venezuela, cites pandemic

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ROME — The Vatican No. 2 is skipping a planned trip to Venezuela this week because of the coronavirus pandemic. ...

UN agency to provide food assistance for Venezuelan children

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CARACAS, Venezuela — The food assistance agency of the United Nations announced Monday that it will begin operations in Venezuela after reaching an agreement...

Swiss banker to Venezuelan kleptocrats becomes star witness

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MIAMI — Matthias Krull pulls up his pant leg and slides a gardening shear on the ankle monitor that for two years has been...

Venezuelan COVID patients increasingly seeking in-home care

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CARACAS, Venezuela — Chef Carlos Páez has a long and tough road ahead after a serious case of COVID-19 that required a constant supply...

Chief European Union diplomat in Venezuela leaves country

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CARACAS, Venezuela — The chief European Union diplomat in Venezuela left the country on Tuesday, a week after the government of Nicolás Maduro ordered...