Venezuela

2018 Senior Winner, Ruben Rengel, performing with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra   https://youtu.be/yi_SlQQKc3Y User: The Sphinx Organization - Source: YouTube

Fall 2018 Ready-to-Wear - Carolina Herrera by Nicole Phelps   News broke last week that tonight’s Carolina Herrera show would be her last. She’s stepping into an ambassadorial role at the company she founded in 1980 and...

Venezuela’s economy is so bad, parents are leaving their children at orphanages By Anthony Faiola   A caregiver helps a child to dress at Bambi House, a private orphanage in Caracas, Venezuela. (Alejandro Cegarra for The Washington...

Venezuela condemns US senator who says world would back a coup   Venezuela's foreign minister says Washington wants to replace Maduro with a right-wing dictator like those who ruled regional countries with an iron fist in...

Bitcoin usage booms in Venezuela amid high inflation   Venezuelans are increasingly adopting the cryptocurrency as an alternative unit of value to protect themselves from devaluation of the Bolivar. At 1400 percent, Venezuela's inflation rate is highest...

'At home, we couldn’t get by': more Venezuelans flee as crisis deepens Sibylla Brodzinsky in Bogotá, Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro, Dan Collyns in Lima and Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires As Venezuela falls...

US hits Nicolás Maduro with sanctions after Venezuela's 'sham' election Virginia López and Sibylla Brodzinsky Sanctions freeze Venezuelan president’s assets under US jurisdiction and prevent US citizens from doing business with him. The US government has imposed...

Venezuela opposition leaders taken from homes, say relatives   Leopoldo López and Antonio Ledezma, who were under house arrest, had urged Venezuelans to protest over recent poll. Venezuela opposition leaders Leopoldo López and Antonio Ledezma have been...

Venezuela heading for dictatorship after 'sham' election, warns US amid clashes Sibylla Brodzinsky and agencies Up ti 14 feared dead in clashes with security forces as many voters boycott poll that President Nicolás Maduro hails...

Venezuela: Learning to Play the Cuatro on the Web 2.0 Laura Vidal   Image of a cuatro by Flickr user LCoronelP (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) The cuatro is the principal icon of traditional Venezuelan music. It is often learned...