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 ...

In several slums of this Andean capital, ... Venezuela has one of the highest homicide rates in the world - 13,000 homicides in 2007 with a population of 28 million.

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… ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS (Reuters) - An abandoned Caracas skyscraper dubbed the world's tallest shanty-town after a squatters' takeover could be demolished once its inhabitants are out ...

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 ...

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 fix roads to show that the ...