Violence eases at overcrowded Venezuelan jail
| CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities on Thursday restored order at a notoriously overcrowded Caracas jail after shots rang out earlier in the day in the latest outbreak of violence in the coun...

Gunfire, tear gas at Venezuelan prison
| Heavy gunfire erupted on Thursday inside a Venezuelan prison where armed inmates have prevented security forces from retaking control for nearly three weeks. | The shooting at La Planta prison in Ca...

Gunfire, tear gas at Venezuelan prison
| FABIOLA SANCHEZ | Associated Press= CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Heavy gunfire erupted on Thursday inside a Venezuelan prison where armed inmates have prevented security forces from retaking control ...

Gunfire, tear gas at Venezuelan prison
| CARACAS, Venezuela — Heavy gunfire erupted on Thursday inside a Venezuelan prison where armed inmates have prevented security forces from retaking control for nearly three weeks. | The shootin...

Gunfire, tear gas at Venezuelan prison
| CARACAS, Venezuela — Heavy gunfire erupted on Thursday inside a Venezuelan prison where armed inmates have prevented security forces from retaking control for nearly three weeks. | The shootin...

UPDATE 4-Venezuela economy grows briskly as election nears
| * Pre-election public spending boosting growth | * Oil exporter's economy expands 5.6 pct vs 4.9 pct in Q4 | * Economy helps socialist Chavez's poll lead | By Diego Ore and Helen Popper | CARACAS, M...

Violence engulfs another Venezuelan prison
| CARACAS (Reuters) - Shots rang out and smoke rose over a Caracas jail on Thursday in the latest outbreak of violence in one of Venezuela's notoriously violent and overcrowded jails. | Authorities ar...

Shots fired inside Venezuelan jail
Caracas - Shots rang out and smoke rose over a Caracas jail on Thursday in the latest outbreak of violence in one of Venezuela's notoriously violent and overcrowded jails. | Authorities are trying to ...

UN Envoy Hails Workshop on Guyana-Venezuela Border Dispute
Friday, 18 May 2012, 9:54 am | Press Release: UN News | UN Envoy Hails Workshop Related To Guyana-Venezuela Border Dispute | New York, May 17 2012 1:10PM | A UN envoy today hailed a recent workshop re...

Gunfire, tear gas at Venezuelan prison
| CARACAS, Venezuela — More than 100 prisoners filed out of a Venezuelan prison among National Guard troops on Thursday night after heavy gunfire erupted amid a nearly three-week standoff pittin...

Gunfire, tear gas at Venezuelan prison
| CARACAS, Venezuela — More than 100 prisoners filed out of a Venezuelan prison among National Guard troops on Thursday night after heavy gunfire erupted amid a nearly three-week standoff pittin...

Gunfire erupts at Venezuela prison where armed inmates have kept authorities out
| CARACAS, Venezuela — Heavy gunfire erupted on Thursday inside a Venezuelan prison where armed inmates have prevented security forces from retaking control for nearly three weeks. | The shootin...

Gunfire, tear gas at Venezuelan prison
| CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Heavy gunfire erupted on Thursday inside a Venezuelan prison where armed inmates have prevented security forces from retaking control for nearly three weeks. | The shooti...

Gunfire, tear gas at Venezuelan prison
Photos | CARACAS, Venezuela - (AP) -- Heavy gunfire erupted on Thursday inside a Venezuelan prison where armed inmates have prevented security forces from retaking control for nearly three weeks. | Th...

Gunfire, tear gas at Venezuelan prison
| CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Heavy gunfire erupted on Thursday inside a Venezuelan prison where armed inmates have prevented security forces from retaking control for nearly three weeks. | The shooti...

Gunfire, tear gas at Venezuelan prison
| CARACAS, Venezuela — Heavy gunfire erupted on Thursday inside a Venezuelan prison where armed inmates have prevented security forces from retaking control for nearly three weeks. Relatives of ...

UN official sparks debate over Canadian food security
UN special rapporteur for food Olivier De Schutter said he was in Canada to launch a conversation over a national food strategy, and he certainly started a debate. Discussion centred on whether Canadi...

Latin America’s school for dictators
| A year ago this month, Bolivian President Evo Morales inaugurated the College for Defense of the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas (ALBA) with a speech in which he called for the expulsion of U...