Los Angeles Times (Manu Quintero/Picture Alliance/DPA/Abaca Press/TNS) CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan authorities said armed forces put down an early morning attack Sunday by a group opposed to President Nicolas Maduro that tried to take over Fort Paramacay in Valencia. Two were killed and seven were arrested in the clash, authorities said. There were no signs that the revolt, which government officials described as a “terrorist attack,” had spread to other bases across the country. Several...

CARACAS, Venezuela - United Nations human rights officials Tuesday held Venezuela’s government responsible for the use of excessive force on opposition demonstrators in clashes that since March have claimed 132 lives. U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Zeid Raad Hussein said in a statement the violence has followed an evident pattern and that security forces and pro-government groups were responsible for the deaths of more than 70 protesters. “Several thousand people have been arbitrarily...

Venezuela's political crisis deepened Friday as the controversial constitutional assembly declared that it is the country's sole legislative body, essentially dissolving the democratically elected congress. "All public bodies are subordinated to the National Constitutional Assembly," said Delcy Rodriguez, the body's president. "No other power can impede our decisions." The move was hardly a surprise. The assembly was elected late last month in a disputed election that domestic and and...

Caracas, Venezuela: Venezuela's political crisis deepened on Friday as the controversial constitutional assembly declared that it is the country's sole legislative body, essentially dissolving the democratically elected congress. "All public bodies are subordinated to the National Constitutional Assembly," said Delcy Rodriguez, the body's president. "No other power can impede our decisions." The move was hardly a surprise. The assembly was elected late last month in a disputed election that...

Venezuela’s opposition-controlled congress on Saturday rejected a government bid to usurp many of its powers, vowing to continue its legislative agenda and denouncing the move against it as a power grab by President Nicolas Maduro. “This is a parliament in resistance against an armed military dictatorship,” declared congressional Vice President Freddy Guevara. But there were no new street protests on Saturday. Months of antigovernment demonstrations have stalled in recent days amid a sense of...