Caracas, Venezuela News

Henrique Capriles Radonski is a young lawyer who has won every election he has contested and has enjoyed a meteoric rise through the political ranks.

After the end of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's excitable and radiant performance Saturday night atTeatro Teresa CarreA o of Mahler's hauntingly elegiac Ninth Symphony,Gustavo Dudamel stopped to sign autographsfor screaming fans who ran up to the foot of the stage of Caracas' main concert hall.

A Connecticut hedge fund adviser carried out a $500 million fraud scheme with help from people in Venezuela, including a manager at the state-owned oil company, according to lawsuits seeking the return of tens of millions of dollars in what they say are bribes and kickbacks.

Member countries of Latin America's alternative integration bloc, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America , met for its 11th summit in Caracas on February 4 and 5 to discuss advancing the organisation.

Outmatched time and again at the polls by President Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan's opposition leaders are trying a new strategy to unseat the populist leader this year, holding the nation's first presidential primary to choose the strongest challenger.

Shenandoah, Meadowbrook, Barnesville girls register victories Lady Zeps take third in OVAC 3A; Lady Colts win at buzzer; Hunkler scores 36 for Lady 'Rocks CARACAS, Venezuela -- Crude oil that spilled from a ruptured pipeline has blackened a river in eastern Venezuela, and the state oil company said workers are containing the spill.

Colombia's Hector Buitrago, aka "Martin Llanos", is escorted by National Guard officers during his deportation to Colombia at the Simon Bolivar airport in Maiquetia, near Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb.

Venezuelan candidate of the opposition Democratic Unity coalition for the upcoming primary elections, Henrique Capriles Radonski, delivers a speech during press conference in Caracas on February 7, 2012.

The Falklands is the world's most hotly-disputed off-grid territory. Now, just as the UN Secretary-General exhorts Britain and Argentina to step down from the sabre rattling, a new player has appeared, in the form of Trade Union activist and bon viveur, Alicia Castro .

The domestic-violence case against San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi did not start with a call from wife Eliana Lopez, or neighbors who heard a fight getting out of control at the family's home on New Year's Eve day.

A supporter greets presidential opposition candidate Pablo Perez, center, at a campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday Feb.

When Deborah Borda, president of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, talks about her orchestra's 10-day concert tour to Venezuela that begins Friday, she uses two pointed descriptive terms.

A Connecticut hedge fund adviser carried out a $500 million fraud scheme with help from people in Venezuela, including a manager at the state-owned oil company, according to lawsuits seeking the return of tens of millions of dollars in what it says are bribes and kickbacks.

By Olivia Kroth Sources: Blog Hugo Chavez, Correo del Orinoco, Patria Grande, Venezuelanalysis ALBA, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America , was established in 2004.

Opposition leader Henrique Capriles is heading into Venezuela's first opposition primary warning that Hugo Chavez's foes must choose a strong candidate if they want to win back the presidency and halt the country's slide into chaos.

Politically, the president Hugo Chavez, who is battling cancer, is focusing his efforts on the next presidential election, which will take place in December 2012.

She never dreamt of being a household name, but designer Carolina Herrera has found the type of success most designers dream of.

Tomorrow, Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 7PM CIFO Art Space in Midtown Miami will have a guided tour with Venezuelan artist Eugenio Espinoza.

Modern social science's essence lies in its purpose, articulated in the 19th century, to expound a meticulous, secular knowledge of reality that is somehow corroborated by empirical research.

Branford Marsalis is always saying that Miguel Zenon, Yosvany Terry, Dafnis Prieto, David Sanchez, Danilo Perez and myself are changing the way Latin jazz is perceived.