Supporters of the conservative Popular Will party leader say he should be freed and charges dropped. The Venezuelan attorney general's office will decide today whether to release him as he faces trial.

Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez appeared for a second time in court on Monday in Caracas.

Several top lawmakers say some e-mails are proof that the former opposition lawmaker sought the president’s assassination.

14 Democrats wrote to Obama expressing support for the administration's opposition to sanctions, but Congressional support is full-throated.

The secretary of state warned that protesters could soon return to the streets and made reference to sanctions legislation moving through the Senate.

Talks between an opposition coalition and the government appear to be reviving, but the main points of discussion might still be non-negotiable.

Correa said during a visit to Chile that "economic errors" had been made by the Maduro administration.

Venezuela's opposition has suspended talks on key issues, citing insufficient progress.

"Now they're going around with their stupidities saying they're going to sanction us," Maduro said of Congress.

In a pre-dawn raid, federal police cleared barricades set up by opposition protesters. One policeman was killed after being shot in the neck.

Cabello said his US visa was revoked after a former Air Force official accused him of contributing money to Osama bin Laden.

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has rejected claims by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the country is facing "insurgents."

A new poll has found that since opposition protests erupted around the country, dissatisfaction with Maduro's administration has spiked.

Venezuela's repression of it's citizens has been called "systemic" by José Miguel Vivanco, director of Human Rights Watch in a new report.

Nicolás Maduro's bodyguard, Lt. Marco Corte, has been shot to death while driving along a Caracas highway on Sunday.

It's the second minimum wage hike in 2014 in Venezuela, where inflation hit 56 percent in 2013.

Venezuela has paid tribute to the former revolutionary and president of the Municipal Council of Caracas, Eliécer Otaiza, who was murdered last Saturday.

Vargas Llosa visited Caracas this week to attend a conference held by a free-market think tank.

Protesters burned effigies of president Nicolás Maduro and called for the "resurrection" of democracy in Chacao on Sunday.

The 78-year-old Nobel laureate has written several novels which deal with the nature of dictatorships, including "The Feast of the Goat" and "Conversation in the Cathedral."

Pope Francis has delivered a sermon at the Vatican calling for peace across the earth in conflicts "small or great, old or new."

The Venezuelan government is unwilling to grant a blanket amnesty to opposition protesters, but it is ready to examine individual cases -- especially those of students arrested in connection with the protests, says a Brazilian ambassador present at the talks.

Nicolas Maduro has met with members of the opposition behind closed doors to initiate peace talks in Caracas today

Nairobi Pinto, the Venezuelan journalist who worked at Globovisión was freed yesterday after spending eight days kidnapped.

A Venezuelan general said the 97 soldiers and police officers had not received orders from superiors to attack protesters.

Student protests in Venezuela have again turned violent in the country's capital, with tear gas and water cannons used on the crowd.

"I urge you not to get stuck in the conflict of the moment but open yourselves to one another to become true builders of peace," said Pope Francis.

Pacts between the Venezuelan government and opposition, said Maduro, would make him a "traitor to Chavismo."

Nicolás Maduro has invited Cardinal Pietro Parolin to be one of the mediators during the talks he will be holding with opposition leaders which begin tomorrow.

John Kerry says the US supports the first steps toward dialogue between Maduro's government and opposition lawmakers, but that it will continue to play the background.