Venezuela's Maria Gabriela Isler has been crowned Miss Universe 2013. Learn six fast facts about the beauty queen.

Miss Venezuela has been crowned as Miss Universe 2013! Maria Gabriela Isler is taking back to her home country the 7th title! Congratulations!

Venezuela shot down a Mexican aircraft , the Caracas government said on Wednesday. Venezuelan General Vladimir Padrino made the announcement via Twitter earlier today.

The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, claims that an image of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has made its way on the wall of a construction site.

Both teams are in a must-win position.

Paleontologists have found fossils in a Venezuelan oil field, including that of a giant armadillo, crocodile and a saber-toothed tiger.

Venezuela suffers from a paper shortage that leaves newspapers struggling to stay in business.

A power outage leaves 70 percent Venezuela without power for three hours.

Anywhere between 130,000 to 400,000 civilian militia members in Venezuela have already been armed since Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s predecessor Hugo Chávez returned to office after a 2002 attempted coup. Now Maduro says he wants to hike that number up to 1 million.

Venezuelan president vows to crack down on hair thieves.

Thieves are stealing hair in Venezuela.

Snowden accepted Venezuela's asylum offer.

Venezuela wants to impose breastfeeding as the only acceptable way of feeding your newborn until they reach six months of age.

The U.S. and Venezuela hope to improve diplomatic relations.

U.S. embassy officials were shot following an altercation that took place in a Venezuelan strip club.

How did the Venezuela toilet paper shortage come to be?

Vice President Yuanchao's visit to Argentina and Venezuela is the first by a high-ranking official since the new administration of China was inaugurated last March.

California filmmaker Timothy Tracy has been detained by Venezuelan authorities on sedition charges.

The multinational pledges on safety concerns as it takes factories out of five countries.

11 members of the Venezuelan parliament were injured after a brawl broke out on the chamber floor. The majority Socialist party had passed a measure denying the opposition the right to speak until they recognize the results of the presidential election.

Capriles' comment came after Rafael Correa, the Ecuadorian president, called Capriles a "coup leader" in an interview.

Addressing Capriles, Varela said that "the only good news ... is that the cell that is waiting for you won’t be like the cells we inherited in ’98.”

The announcement marked a reversal of course for the electoral council, which had previously said that after initially auditing 46 percent of the votes, no further audits could be performed.

In Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro equated the opposition to a conspiracy and claimed his government had information about a plot coming from the United States. US Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States might have "serious questions about the viability of that government".

When the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela certified Nicolás Maduro the winner of the presidential election, supporters of opposition candidate Henrique Capriles took to the streets. Capriles' call for a recount of the votes was turned down by Tibisay Lucena, the Council head.

The Venezuelan election results are reportedly not accurate.

Venezuelan acting President Nicolás Maduro made a pilgrimage to late socialist leader Hugo Chávez's birthplace on Tuesday and pledged to win the April 14 election in his honor.

Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles called out Nicolás Maduro for his "heirs of Hitler" comment.

Venezuela's government has cut diplomatic communications with the United States.

Interim President Nicolás Maduro claimed Pope Francis I received crucial support from the late leader.