ARTICLES BY JORGE RUEDA
AP PHOTOS: Venezuelan street artist seeks to inspire
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The glowing face of one of Venezuela’s greatest athletes seems to invigorate a corner of the country’s decaying capital, a splash of color and inspiration for increasingly grim times.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Venezuela's socialists take control of once-defiant congress
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Parading giant portraits of Hugo Chavez and independence hero Simon Bolivar, allies of President Nicolas Maduro retook control of Venezuela's congress Tuesday, the last institution in the country it didn’t already control.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
More and more are in need of Christmas charity in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — It is an old tradition in Venezuela to help those in need at Christmas, donating toys, food and clothes. But the economic crisis that has battered the once wealthy oil nation has many families struggling just to put something on their own tables during the holidays …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Crisis-torn Venezuela a challenge for those in wheelchairs
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Working, studying or even leaving one’s home can be a challenge for someone in a wheelchair in Venezuela, where a once-lauded law defending their rights and requiring that buildings be adapted for their use has never been applied.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Opposition's street protests losing appeal in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — When a re-energized opposition leader Juan Guaidó returned to Venezuela from a world tour that saw him meet President Donald Trump, he turned to a well-worn page in the opposition's playbook for ousting socialist President Nicolás Maduro —- he called a street protest.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Venezuela's president urges all women to have 6 children
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro wants Venezuelan women to have many children as a way to boost the country, which has seen millions of people flee in recent years to escape its economic crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
