President Hugo Chávez, who has been known to belt out Venezuelan folk songs during his frequent television appearances, has recorded an album.

A jury in Miami convicted a Venezuelan businessman of acting as an “unregistered agent” of Venezuela on American soil.

A jury in Miami convicted a Venezuelan businessman of acting as an “unregistered agent” of Venezuela on American soil.

A jury in Miami convicted a Venezuelan businessman of acting as an “unregistered agent” of Venezuela on American soil.

Falling oil prices are raising questions about whether Venezuela, Iran and Russia can sustain their ambitions.

Plummeting oil prices are raising questions about whether Venezuela, Iran and Russia can sustain their bids to challenge United States hegemony.

The Venezuelan authorities say six people, including three army intelligence officials and a police officer, have been detained in the killing of a student leader.

Thousands of relatives of inmates staged sit-in protests in prisons across the country to protest poor conditions and the abuse of inmates.

The government ordered nearly all McDonald’s restaurants in the country closed for two days for what it called irregularities in the chain’s financial books.

Citing falling international oil prices, Finance Minister Alí Rodríguez said that Venezuela’s 2009 budget “will have significant restrictions” compared with this year’s plan.