In a populous city in southeast Virginia, a Republican sheriff who calls himself “Detain ’Em Dave” faces a race to the right ...

Latin America is in the midst of a crucial election year in countries including Venezuela, whose ruling party claimed another win last month amid opposition boycotts. Advocates say last month’s ...

In a Venezuelan election, running as an incumbent gives you the sort of edge that any unscrupulous and power-hungry leader around the world can only fantasize about.

Leading Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa was arrested Friday on charges ... inside and outside Venezuela." Maduro has presided over the collapse of oil-rich Venezuela's economy ...

González has been in exile since September to avoid arrest and ... long under dispute between Venezuela and neighboring Guyana. Among the members of the opposition who were on Sunday’s ballot ...

Venezuelans disillusioned after last year’s presidential election are not responding to government calls to get out and vote for lawmakers, governors and other officials in Sunday's balloting.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP ... elections division chief for opposition leader Maria Corina Machado when he and five other ...

Some in the opposition say the only way to protest is to abstain. Others say doing so will let the government “say they won ...

The participation, in the eyes of the opposition, legitimises President Maduro's claim to power and the repressive apparatus of his government, which has arrested more than two thousand people ...

Meda is a member of the opposition group Vente Venezuela, led by opposition leader María Corina ... diplomatic residence in Caracas after Venezuelan prosecutors ordered their arrest. They were accused ...