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Cabello said his US visa was revoked after a former Air Force official accused him of contributing money to Osama bin Laden.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

Hundreds of Venezuelans have initiated a campaign on Twitter in protest of Nicolás Maduro and this time they're getting naked.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has agreed to meet with members of the opposition in Caracas tomorrow.

Of the six states where Maduro alleged an opposition sector had planned to launch the secession, some "would join Colombia and others the United States".

Vargas Llosa says he plans to show his support for opposition protestors in Venezuela by traveling to Caracas to attend a conference held by a free-market think tank there.

Nicolás Maduro defended his government against claims that it had acted undemocratically against opposition protestors and championed Chavismo's gains on inequality and poverty.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been blocked from returning to Venezuela's National Assembly amidst the eruption of violence in Caracas.

While US could still use targeted sanctions against Venezuela, Juan Manuel Santos announced Maduro had agreed to a dialogue with opposition sectors.