CARACAS, Venezuela — On the leafy east side of this capital city, where the rich people tend to live, most children have stayed home from school for more than a week, protest bonfires burn in ...

A Venezuelan soldier takes cover behind an armored vehicle. For 48 hours he has ducked flying bullets.He is not on a battlefield but rather in a suburb of ...

Venezuela has one of the highest homicide rates in the world - 13,000 homicides in 2007 with a population of 28 million. In contrast, there were 16,929 homicides in the United States with a ...

CARACAS, Venezuela – Scattered protests flared Wednesday in slums that have long been a bulwark of support for Venezuela's socialist leaders only hours after a pro-government rally degenerated ...

High-rise 'slum' in Venezuela to be shuttered. By BD+C Staff. July 24, 2014. For more than 4,400 squatters in Caracas, Venezuela, the time has come to move on. An unfinished skyscraper that has stood ...

PETARE, Venezuela – Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas. Flashlights in his face, the ...

CARACAS (Reuters) – Opposition activists in the slums of eastern Caracas hope to unseat President Nicolas Maduro, but not by blocking streets or burning tires. They plan to build parks and fi… ...

The 200 families were soon joined by many more of the city’s slum-dwellers who eventually filled the tower to its 28th floor, along with the entire 18 floors of the smaller building next door ...

CARACAS (Reuters) - It boasts a helicopter landing pad, glorious views of the Avila mountain range, and large balconies for weekend barbecues. Yet this 45-storey skyscraper in the centre of ...

CARACAS (Reuters) - Even the cats and dogs love Hugo Chavez in the backstreets of La Vega. At least that is what grateful owners joke as they line up with their pets to take advantage of the ...

'Tower of David' Venezuela: the world's tallest slum in incredible images. Venezuelans began squatting in the luxury apartment block around a decade after it was abandoned. Kashmira Gander.