Socialism led to a once-rich country running short on toilet paper. Capitalism has put an impoverished country on the path to ...

The Republicans' latest major legislation may not solve the deficit completely, but it does make real cuts to bloated ...

Information vacuums are common in Táchira, a Venezuelan state on the border with Colombia. In 11 of its 29 municipalities, ...

Growing up in Venezuela and now living in the United States, I’ve always felt caught between two independence days: July 4th ...

In Venezuela's oil capital of Maracaibo, a drilling frenzy has led to dozens of new wells -- but the valuable liquid being pumped out is just water, not petroleum.

What circumstances or behaviors turn poverty into a cycle that perpetuates across generations? The answer to this question carries especially important implications for the design and evaluation of ...

Conflicts and related fatalities have more than tripled since the early 2000s, fueling extreme poverty, the World Bank said Friday.

ExplainSpeaking: The truth about poverty in India Bizarre as it may seem, especially for a country with so many people at low levels of income and consumption, as well as a country with an enviable ...

According to U.S. prosecutors, Carvajal used his powerful military role to protect drug shipments, work with Colombian rebel group FARC, and allow tons of cocaine to enter the U.S. illegally. He ...

STORY: :: June 26, 2026:: Apartaderos, Venezuela:: Flooding after heavy rain devastates a townin Venezuela's western Merida state“It washed away my whole house. I couldn’t recover anything ...

Outgoing United States Head of Mission Amy Diaz says she regrets that Malawi has not yet cracked the code for fighting corruption as she has seen more people getting poorer than when she first arrived ...