Venezuela
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Maria Corina Machado told she will face criminal charges for her alleged involvement in a supposed plot to kill Nicolas Maduro
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Opec, the oil cartel, believed it could help production. Instead, it ended up hurting itself as well as the Russian rouble, energy stocks, infrastructure development and more
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Side effects of illegal mining in the Amazon caused a resurgence of malaria. Creating job opportunities could be a solution, writes Camila Nobrega
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Analyst warns nations including Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Kuwait have no other industries to rely on as oil bubble bursts
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145 inmates taken ill after storming prison infirmary during disturbance and death toll could yet be far higher
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Maria Corina Machado to be charged over alleged plan to assassinate Nicolás Maduro
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State-sponsored ballet recounts charismatic leader’s humble origins to his transformation into the ‘guide of the fight of the Venezuelan people’s struggles’
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Mannequins dressed as pregnant schoolgirls causes a stir at a shopping mall in Venezuela's capital, Caracas
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Supporters rush to defend ‘beacon of social justice’ as study shows project fails to reach disadvantaged youth
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Top judge’s sentence for extortion charges associated with illicit drugs trade taints late Venezuelan president and party
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Nicolás Maduro announces measure after two police were incriminated in murder of pro-government politician
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Scientists have discovered the remains of a new species of dinosaur after a 20-year investigation in western Venezuela
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13 - 17 October: Catch up with all the development-related news you may have missed this week
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Angola, Malaysia and New Zealand also successful, and Turkey and Spain face new round of voting for last available seat
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Sudden slump in price of crude – now at its lowest for four years – sends tremors through capitals of the world’s great oil powers. A look at the economic and geopolitical implications of $80 oil
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Letter: The murder of Venezuela’s youngest parliamentarian joins a list of others in a situation that resembles the prelude to the overthrow of Salvador Allende in Chile
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Currency black market and illegal betting that circumvents state controls have led to increased criminality in the sport, say officials
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José Odreman, leader of Shield of the Revolution group, shot dead after raid on HQ – which he said was politically motivated
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Brand-name implants almost impossible to obtain, say surgeons as currency controls affect imports
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Monica Spear and Thomas Berry were attacked after their car broke down at night in central Venezuela in January
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Mónica Spear and her ex-husband, Thomas Henry Berry, were killed in January, when they resisted a robbery attempt
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Rayma Suprani says she was axed after representing Chávez's signature as a flatline heartbeat in protest over health system
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8-12 September: Catch up with all the development-related news you may have missed this week
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Socialist government shores up regional support – after previous attempt was derailed by Chávez's 'devil' speech
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The once-thriving heavy industries of Ciudad Guayana are now starved of investment and hampered by labour disputes
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Datablog The world's most dangerous countries for young people: homicide rates for under 20-year-olds mapped
A fifth of homicide victims globally are children and adolescents under the age of 20, according to Unicef. The three countries with the highest rates in the world are all in Latin America -
Producer apologises after spy show names Maduro as buyer of chemical weapons, sparking ‘imperialist’ denunciation
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Fingerprint scanning to be used to fight food shortages made worse by hoarding and smuggling to neighbouring countries
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Following embarrassing ‘Cuban Twitter' revelations, in one case a HIV workshop was the ‘perfect excuse’ for political goals
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Residents of 52-floor half-built skyscraper are being moved to new social housing complex an hour from city centre
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Justin McGuirk's fascinating study shows that Latin American cities have much to teach the world's architects, writes Rowan Moore
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Jonathan Jones: A Venezuelan museum took two years to notice that their original Matisse had been swapped for a fake. Are forgeries now so good they could ruin the art market?
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'Odalisque in Red Trousers' swapped for a copy in 2000 and found in 2012 when couple tried to sell it to FBI agents
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Public transport suspended and presidential ceremony interrupted in latest failure of shaky electricity infrastructure
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Data from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime shows the most up-to-date available homicide rates per 100,000 people for the most populous cities of 137 countries. The Americas overtook Africa as the region with the highest murder rate in 2012 – with eight of the world’s 10 deadliest cities found there