CARACAS, Venezuela — The president of Venezuela wants state banks to grant interest-free loans to poor people looking to start small businesses. “We want to give incentives. . . . Those who ...

Venezuela's poor were the beneficiaries of Chavez's Bolivarian socialist revolution. But 20 years later, they have little food and medicine and few jobs, eroding support for President Maduro.

Venezuela’s Poor Rebel, Roiling Maduro’s Socialist Strongholds. In western Caracas, fury erupts when food program falters ‘People protest when there are no other options.

It really shouldn't have been hard for Venezuela's government to spend some petrodollars on the poor without destroying its economy. All it had to do was send people a check for their share of the ...

Venezuela, strapped for cash at home and staring down costly litigation overseas, is considering selling its U.S.-based refinery company Citgo Petroleum as well as a stake in a refinery run with ...

Getting safe water a struggle for many of Venezuela’s poor. ... Morao, 66, and five other people live off her son’s $180 monthly income from a kitchen helper job in a sushi restaurant.

They live in a town named after the mythical City of Gold and untold riches -- but most of them are poor. Merchants use scales to carefully weigh the flecks people guard in plastic pill bottles or ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Everyone knows Franklin Cáceres in his neighborhood on the far east side of Venezuela's capital. A roadside vendor directs a visitor downhill, past a curve and to the left.

Unlike Venezuela's battered currency, ... but most of them are poor. ... and 217 people were killed in the four years to 2020 in clashes between rival criminal gangs.

“One day at the mine you might find nothing; there are lucky people who have gotten up to a kilo (2.2 pounds), but… I haven’t had that kind of blessing. I’ve only gotten a little bit ...