The parliament in Venezuela has approved a law which will tighten the rules regulating internet content. Under the bill, online messages inciting hatred, or political and religious intolerance, are banned.

More than 4,000 inmates at three Venezuelan jails began a hunger strike in protest against alleged brutality by guards, judicial delays and chronic overcrowding, the press reported Friday. The protest involves 32 of the 80 inmates at Tocuyito prison,...

Eight Colombians who own and run a business in Venezuela were arrested by Venezuelan authorities and charged with espionage, Bogota daily El Tiempo said Wednesday. Luis Carlos Cossio, 52, and Santiago Giraldo, 21, were arrested on Tuesday because in...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez formally took delivery on Saturday of the first four K-8W airplanes out of 18 purchased in China for military training purposes, which, however, came armed with machine guns, air-to-ground missiles, bombs and rockets.

At least six inmates died and 15 were injured in a riot at Yare I prison in central Venezuela, the head of the national prisons service said Tuesday. Consuelo Cerrada said that the incident occurred Monday afternoon when shooting erupted inside the...

Venezuela’s highest court on Wednesday annulled the election of an opposition mayor, replacing him with a supporter of President Hugo Chavez until a new vote is held. The Supreme Court threw out the 2008 election of Jorge Barboza, mayor of the...

President Hugo Chavez has turned to his friends in Cuba for help in tackling Venezuela’s energy crisis, drawing criticism for seeking advice from the communist-led island that has struggled with its own electricity woes. Chavez gave few details...