Caracas, Venezuela, March 29, 2006—The mayor of Greater Caracas, Juan Barreto, announced Monday that the city will confiscate some 400 buildings and sell them to the people currently renting ...

Erick Hurtado wants to escape the abandoned Caracas building that has been his home for eight years, but despite his daily nightmare, he prefers to wait there for the abode promised to him by ...

Caracas, Dec 22 (EFE).Caracas, Dec 22 (EFE). — A small bomb went off Tuesday at the CAFLatin American Development Bank offices in Venezuela’s capital, but no one was injured, Chacao Mayor Ramon ...

CARACAS, Venezuela — Authorities in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, have expropriated seven abandoned buildings and might buy dozens more from their owners to help with an acute housing shortage, the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. One of the "twin towers" that dominate the Caracas skyline was in danger of collapsing on Sunday as ...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez approved the seizure of 30 buildings he said were abandoned that will be used to house homeless families in Caracas. Chavez, speaking on state television, also said he ...

A major earthquake has shaken Venezuela's northern coast. The powerful quake was felt 250 miles (400 kilometers) away in the capital, Caracas, where buildings had to be evacuated. A powerful magnitude ...

CARACAS - Erick Hurtado wants to escape the abandoned Caracas building that has been his home for eight years, but despite his daily nightmare, he prefers to wait there for the abode promised to him ...

Most of those living in the building have been victims either of natural catastrophes or Venezuela’s crippling economic crisis. “I’ve had enough of living here … if I had somewhere to go, I’d leave ...