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Leaked recording stirs political furor in Venezuela

August 24, 2021 at 10:15 a.m.

CARACAS (Reuters) - A recording released by Venezuela's opposition purportedly revealing graft and conspiracy in the ruling Socialist Party has stirred a new political storm in the OPEC nation's already...

Analysis: Venezuela’s Capriles faces tough battle to challenge election

August 24, 2021 at 2:50 a.m.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Henrique Capriles may have cemented his status as Venezuela's undisputed opposition leader, but he faces an uphill battle in his challenge to election results that narrowly handed...

Venezuela’s Maduro, ex-bus driver, now to set his own route

August 24, 2021 at 2:34 a.m.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Former bus driver Nicolas Maduro rose through the ranks of Venezuelan politics by faithfully following the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, repeating his slogans and carrying out...

Venezuela’s Maduro inherits tough economic problems

August 24, 2021 at 2:40 a.m.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro faces a difficult economic panorama of rising inflation and slowing growth, further complicated by his slim election victory that is being challenged by...

Venezuelan leader Maduro has big poll lead over Capriles

August 24, 2021 at 1:10 a.m.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's acting president, Nicolas Maduro, has a commanding 14-percentage point lead over opposition candidate Henrique Capriles ahead of next month's election, according to the first major poll...

Ecuador’s Correa enjoys re-election, seeks investment

August 22, 2019 at 8:53 a.m.

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa on Monday reveled in a sweeping re-election victory that allows him to deepen his socialist revolution even as he seeks to woo foreign...

Ecuador’s re-elected Correa vows media and land reforms

August 22, 2019 at 8:55 a.m.

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa vowed on Monday to press ahead with laws to control the media and redistribute land to the poor as he looks to deepen...

Ecuador’s Correa: from boyhood leader to firebrand president

August 22, 2019 at 8:54 a.m.

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's President Rafael Correa held his first cabinet meetings more than 35 years before he was elected. As an 8-year-old in the bustling port of Guayaquil, according...

Venezuela’s Chavez overcomes infection, still having treatment

August 23, 2021 at 10:04 p.m.

SANTIAGO/CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has overcome a respiratory infection, but is still being treated for breathing problems after cancer surgery in Cuba last month, a government minister...

Venezuela’s Chavez overcomes infection, still having treatment

August 22, 2019 at 8:28 a.m.

SANTIAGO/CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has overcome a respiratory infection, but is still being treated for breathing problems after cancer surgery in Cuba last month, a government minister...

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