A basic guide to what has been happening in Venezuela, once one of Latin America's most prosperous countries, where a political and economic crisis has reached new heights.

Our live coverage of the protests in Venezuela has ended. You can read more about it here or scroll through the posts below to see how it unfolded. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a ...

Venezuela Crisis 2019 Explained: Essential Information About Safety, the Economy and the Maduro-Guaidó Dispute. Published Mar 14, 2019 at 8:00 AM EDT Updated Mar 18, 2019 at 4:51 AM EDT. By .

Venezuela’s economic fortunes have been tethered to the price of oil for most of the country’s modern history, a dependency that only worsened after a charismatic former paratrooper named Hugo ...

In their report — “Economic Sanctions as Collective Punishment: The Case of Venezuela” (April 2019) — they point out that this death toll is merely the start of what is to come.

Fitch Solutions revised their 2019 GDP forecast for Venezuela down from -10.1% to -13.9%. Downside risks to the forecast are substantial in both the short and long term, especially as oil prices fall.

Venezuela is the only country in the world that is currently experiencing the ravages of hyperinflation. As 2018 came to a close, Venezuela’s hyperinflation, which I am able to measure by ...

A U.S. court officer has selected miner Gold Reserve's $7.38 billion bid as the preliminary winner of an auction of shares in ...

The Cardón refinery, Venezuela's second-largest with a capacity of 310,000 barrels per day, shut down after a power outage halted all operations.