Chile's consul was shot and beaten during an attempted kidnapping by unidentified assailants who released the diplomatic envoy after holding him captive for several hours in Venezuela's capital, Chile

Chile's consul was shot and beaten during an attempted kidnapping by unidentified assailants who released the diplomatic envoy after holding him captive for several hours in Venezuela's capital, Chile

Venezuelan baseball player Wilson Ramos, who was kidnapped last week, has been found alive in a mountainous region, a minister has announced.

Ramos was found in an isolated area in Carabobo state, Co

The Venezuelan navy recently chased off a 'nuclear-powered submarine' that violated its territorial waters, President Hugo Chavez said, without pointing to any specific country.

In a televised call t

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Libya's embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi discussed plans for an international peacekeeping mission to mediate the crisis in Libya, officials said on Wednesday.

Six people were killed on Tuesday when their small plane crashed in Venezuela's Tachira state, the transportation ministry said.

A court has ordered one of Venezuela's leading newspapers to stop publishing photographs depicting blood, guns and other violent images and warned it could face a hefty fine for having published a pho

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez described Israel on Saturday as a genocidal state that acted as an assassin for the US, predicting the West Asian nation would one day be “put in its place.” The socialist Chavez is a harsh critic of both Israel and the United States and cut relations with Israel after accusing it of “holocaust” for its 2009 offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Venezuela issued an arrest warrant and raided the home of the President of an Opposition TV news station on Friday, as the government kept up pressure on prominent critics of President Hugo Chavez.

An offshore natural-gas rig sank off Venezuela on Thursday, and 95 workers were rescued safely, the government said.