http://www.news24.com/Tags/Places/venezuela Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:06:41 +0200 US and Venezuelan officials will meet soon for talks that could lead to the countries exchanging ambassadors for the first time since 2010, Venezuela's foreign minister says. http://www.news24.com/World/News/US-Venezuela-meet-to-mend-ties-20130607 US Secretary of State John Kerry has begun his first trip to Latin America to participate in top-level talks with his regional counterparts expected to focus on drugs and security. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Kerry-begins-first-Latin-America-trip-20130605 The government says police have found 2 450 bales of toilet paper in a neighbourhood west of Caracas, thanks to an anonymous call to police, coming at a time of serious shortages. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Venezuela-cops-tout-toilet-paper-raid-20130531 Two officials from the US Embassy have suffered gunshot wounds during an altercation at a strip club in Venezuela's crime-ridden capital, police and US State Department officials say. http://www.news24.com/World/News/2-US-officials-shot-at-Caracas-strip-club-20130529 President Nicolas Maduro has denounced a leaked audio recording that purports to show a power struggle among key followers of the late Hugo Chavez as "psychological war". http://www.news24.com/World/News/Venezuela-in-psychological-war-Maduro-20130522-2 Already short of some foods, Venezuela is now facing a toilet paper crisis, government says. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Venezuela-running-out-of-toilet-paper-20130516 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says his government will dispatch about 3 000 police and army troops throughout the country in a bid to stem spiralling violent crime. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Troops-deployed-to-subdue-Venezuela-crime-20130514 Venezuela's opposition have asked prosecutors to investigate a brawl on the floor of congress that injured several of its lawmakers and forced at least one of them to undergo surgery. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Venezuela-opposition-seeks-brawl-probe-20130503 Venezuela's newly elected President Nicolas Maduro has warned Europe of the risks of "political explosions", as a result of growing economic tensions. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Maduro-warns-of-political-explosion-20130502 A Venezuelan diplomat in Kenya charged with the murder of his ambassador has been granted bail after nine months in custody. http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Kenya-grants-Venezuela-diplomat-bail-20130502 Venezuela opposition leader Henrique Capriles has announced that he would formally contest results from last month's presidential poll, as both sides held rival May Day rallies in Caracas. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Venezuela-poll-to-be-formally-contested-20130501 Political tensions over Venezuela's disputed presidential election have boiled over in the National Assembly as government and opposition lawmakers physically clashed. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Venezuela-MPs-come-to-blows-20130501 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has wrapped up a two-day visit to Cuba in which the two allies reaffirmed their strategic alliance, signing $1bn in co-operation agreements. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Venezuela-signs-1bn-agreement-with-Cuba-20130429-3 The opposition in Venezuela has announced that it will boycott an audit of election results because its demands for the examination of registers containing were not accepted. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Venezuela-opposition-to-boycott-vote-audit-20130426 Political tensions have soared in Venezuela as Nicolas Maduro's government and the rival who refuses to recognise his win as president called massive street rallies for 1 May. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Rivals-call-for-mass-rallies-in-Venezuela-20130425 The Catholic Church has weighed in on Venezuela's political crisis, calling for dialogue in the wake of a disputed presidential election. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Vatican-calls-for-dialogue-in-Venezuela-20130421 Venezuela's opposition says 242 people have been arrested in noise-making protests since President Nicolas Maduro was proclaimed the narrow winner in snap elections. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Venezuela-arrests-pot-banging-protesters-20130420 Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in as president of Venezuela, in a ceremony replete with drama as he replaces the late Hugo Chavez and urges dialogue with the opposition. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Drama-as-Venezuelan-president-sworn-in-20130420 Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in as president of Venezuela, taking the oath of office in the memory of the late Hugo Chavez to cheers in the National Assembly. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Maduro-sworn-in-as-Venezuela-president-20130419 Venezuelan troops is set to parade past Nicolas Maduro after he is sworn into office, but keeping their loyalty will be tricky for a leader lacking the charisma and savvy of his predecessor. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Cracks-show-in-Venezuela-troops-loyalty-20130419