Aragua, Venezuela News

The 2011 release of their agitative debut album "Nuestra" brought Venezuelan indie rock band La Vida Boheme Grammy and Latin Grammy nominations and a trip to the finals of MTV Iggy's Best New Band in the World finals in Times Square.

In order to promote breastfeeding, Congress in Venezuela will soon rule on a piece of legislation that bans all baby bottles.

Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni greets supporters outside her house in Caracas June 14. A Venezuelan court on Friday granted parole to Afiuni, who is regarded by the opposition as a political prisoner of the late Hugo ChA vez after imprisoning her in 2009 on corruption charges.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, left, gives Pope Francis a statuette of Venezuela's Jose' Gregorio Hernandez, a popular figure amongst Venezuelans whom Maduro expressed hope for his canonization on the occasion of their private audience at the Vatican, Monday, June 17, 2013.

CARACAS, Venezuela - The Catholic Church's top representative in Venezuela says Pope Francis should pressure President Nicolas Maduro to focus on the promotion of democracy and peaceful coexistence as ways to ease tensions sparked by the South American country's political and economic crisis.

Andrea Pereira just shakes her head at how carefree she used to be when she'd strap on her running shoes and jog alone at night in the streets of this gritty capital.

Venezuelan authorities on Friday freed a judge arrested in 2009 after then-President Hugo Chavez objected to one of her rulings, and who became a cause celebre for the opposition and international human rights groups.

Venezuela's Congress will discuss legislation next week that would prohibit bottle feeding of infants to try to encourage breast feeding and reduce the use of baby formula, said a lawmaker of the ruling Socialist Party.

Caracas , Jun 14 - The 10th World Festival of Poetry, to be held from June 17th to June 22nd in Venezuela, will be attended by 28 world poets from 26 countries, said the organizers today.

The meeting between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Venezuelan counterpart, Elias Jaua, was certainly one of the most significant during the recent annual assembly of the Organization of American States in Guatemala.

SYRIANS PROTEST AGAINST ERDOGAN IN PARIS, VENEZUELANS STRESS SUPPORT TO SYRIA http://sana.sy/eng/22/2013/06/09/486525.htm Jun 09, 2013 PARIS/ CARACAS, - The Syrian community in France in cooperation with Algerian, Tunisian and French citizens protested on Saturday night outside the Turkish Embassy in Paris in condemnation of the policies of ... (more)

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Years ago, when Medellin was the murder capital of the world, police detective Lina Molina said she would easily respond to half a dozen or more homicides in an eight-hour shift.

This sounds bad, and it's getting little or no attention in English-language media.

NICOLA S MADURO, the former bus driver chosen by Hugo ChA vez to lead Venezuela after his death, has been struggling to consolidate his position since being declared the victor in a questionable presidential election in April.

The Venezuelan government says it has arrested nine Colombian right-wing paramilitaries who were plotting to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro.

Loo roll has been in short supply in the South American country in recent months, with economists blaming price controls imposed by the government.

Venezuela hopes to normalize relations with the United States and exchange ambassadors this year, the country's foreign minister said.

The news these days offer many a temptation to draw cheap parallelisms to Venezuela situation.

Could an "El Sistema"-style youth orchestra program take shape in the Philippines? It's possible, and Potomac resident Paul Fontelo is going to see if he can make it happen while in the Philippines next year studying classical music composition.