Now playing Next Venezuela Wife of Venezuelan political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez speaks to Euronews Venezuela’s capital Caracas was once one of the world’s wealthiest cities. 10/03/2017
Now playing Next Venezuela Venezuela defies Trump by upholding jail term for opposition leader Lopez Venezuela’s Supreme Court has upheld the 14-year sentence given to the country’s best-known jailed opposition leader, Leopoldo Lopez. 17/02/2017
Now playing Next Venezuela Tensions rise between Venezuela and the US Venezuela has taken CNN in Spanish off its airways accusing the US based news channel of distorting the truth. 16/02/2017
Now playing Next Venezuela Venezuela demands US apology over drug trafficking accusations Venezuela’s Vice President Tereck El Aissami has reacted angrily to being blacklisted by the US and the imposition of financial sanctions against him after Washington accused him of being a drug… 14/02/2017
Now playing Next Venezuela Venezuelan vice president is blacklisted by US for 'drug trafficking' Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami has been blacklisted by the United States as a drug trafficker. 14/02/2017
Now playing Next Venezuela Anti-Maduro protesters call for delayed regional elections An estimated two thousand opponents of President Nicolas Maduro have marched in the Venezuela capital to demand authorities to set a date for overdue regional… 24/01/2017
Now playing Next Venezuela Venezuela rolls out new banknotes in response to high inflation Weeks behind schedule and amid fears it will do little to resolve Venezuela's soaring inflation, the country's government has released new banknotes. 17/01/2017
Now playing Next Venezuela Venezuela Congress - 'Maduro has abandoned his post' Venezuela’s Congress has backed a resolution declaring President Nicolas Maduro has “abandoned his post”. 10/01/2017
Now playing Next Venezuela Venezuela's Maduro hikes minimum wage by 50 percent Venezuela’s embattled President Nicolas Maduro has announced a 50 percent increase in the minimum wage in a bid to combat runaway inflation. 09/01/2017
Now playing Next Venezuela New anti-Maduro challenge looms in Venezuela The stage is set for a fresh showdown between Venezuela’s opposition and embattled President Nicolas Maduro. 06/01/2017
Now playing Next Venezuela Venezuelan opposition activists freed, but '100 remain imprisoned' After being held for more than a year on corruption charges, Venezuelan former presidential candidate Manuel Rosales has been released from house arrest. 31/12/2016
Now playing Next Venezuela Scores of arrests in Venezuela in chaos over banknote withdrawal Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced that 300 people have been arrested during protests and looting over the elimination of the country’s largest currency… 18/12/2016
Now playing Next Venezuela Venezuela reinstates the 100-bolivar banknote Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has suspended the withdrawal of the country's most widely-used banknote after higher-denomination notes failed to arrive in time. 18/12/2016
Now playing Next Venezuela Violence erupts as Venezuelans scramble to replace void banknote Police have opened fire on protesters in parts of Venezuela after looting broke out due to a severe cash crisis. 17/12/2016
Now playing Next Venezuela Venezuelan lawmakers back motion blaming Maduro for economic crisis Venezuela’s National Assembly has taken a symbolic step by backing a motion blaming the country’s leftist president for the country’s political and economic… 14/12/2016
Now playing Next Venezuela Venezuela closes Colombian border to stop currency 'mafia' A day after banning the 100-bolivar banknote from circulation, President Maduro has ordered the 72-hour closure of the Colombian border. 13/12/2016
Now playing Next Venezuela Maduro orders withdrawal of Venezuela's largest banknotes The president says the move to take the 100-Bolivar note out of circulation is to combat smuggling, but it has been strongly criticised. 12/12/2016
Now playing Next Venezuela Vatican attempts to rekindle faltering Venezuela talks Talks between the Venezuelan government and a coalition of opposition parties have reached a stalemate which facilitators from the Vatican are hoping to break. 07/12/2016
Now playing Next Cuba Latin Americans mourn "legendary" Fidel Castro For many Latin Americans Fidel Castro was a hero, a David who took on the Goliath of US imperialism and won. 26/11/2016
Now playing Next Venezuela Vatican backed Venezuela talks show signs of progress Vatican leads Venezuela crisis talks 12/11/2016