#OscarsforVenezuela is a movement on twitter urging winners and nominees to mention the situation going on in that country at the Oscars.

The Uruguayan president said he would "not interfere," but added that if the Venezuelan opposition and government both sought his help on ongoing unrest which has left 15 dead in Venezuela, he would serve as mediator.

Pope Francis has weighed in on the protests in Venezuela, calling for "hostilities and violence to cease immediately"

Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American senator from Florida, called the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro "puppets of Havana," and said he would push for sanctions against them for recent violence against opposition protesters.

Capriles said he wouldn't attend a talk with Maduro despite threats that benefits to his state of Miranda could be cut off if he did not. "Nicolás, you are not going to use me," he said at a press conference.

Former player and Argentine National Soccer coach Diego Armando Maradona announced plans to serve as post-match analyst for Venezuelan TV network Telesur throughout 2014 World Cup.

Opposition protesters say 13 people have been killed while demonstrating. The government disputes this number, saying that the victim of a stabbing on Saturday was not an opposition member.

Premio Lo Nuestro 2014 wasn't only about music. All the artists and celebrities who gathered at Univisión's award show had one thing in mind. They all wanted peace in Venezuela and they let everyone know.

San Cristóbal, Táchira is quickly becoming the new front of standoffs between the Venezuelan government and opposition protestors.

Maduro has revoked the credentials of CNN after threatening to ban the network. There's no official CNN ban yet, but administrative processes have begun.

The president Nicolás Maduro didn't seem to understand what "SOS" means and in a video that has gone viral, he confused the call for help with something else.

During a nationally televised broadcast, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro told his citizens If you don't like Venezuela, leave."

Nicolás Maduro says CNN's programming wants to make Venezuela look as if they were in a civil war. If they don't rectify their content, their signal will be blocked.

López, who helped convene the Feb. 12 protests which ended in the shooting death of three unarmed protestors, was formally charged with arson and conspiracy.

Madonna has lashed out at Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro on Instagram saying "Apparantly Maduro is not familiar with the phrase "Human Rights"!

The Venezuelan government responded sharply to Obama's denunciation of violence against opposition protestors, calling it a "new and crude interference in the internal affairs" of Venezuela.

New artist Rigú sat down with Latin Times to talk about his three nominations for Premio Lo Nuestro and his promising career.

Génesis Carmona, a former Miss Tourism in her state of Carabobo, died on Wednesday after being shot in the head in a Tuesday protest. The state's governor had called for groups aligned with the governing socialist party to launch an "immediate counterattack".

Venezuela's chancellor, Elías Jaua, today revealed that the the government of Nicolas Maduro is sore with the Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos.

Venezuela is going through some major protests against the government of Nicolás Maduro, and Leopoldo López is one of the heads behind them. He is a leader with Venezuela’s Popular Will opposition party, who’s helped lead the protests in Caracas, calling for the resignation of Maduro. But where did he come from? We've gathered 6 fast facts about this man who's been making international headlines.

A 17-year-old engineering student José Ernesto Méndez was one of several demonstrators hit by a truck in the city of Carúpano on Tuesday as they blocked a road in protest. Authorities say the driver has been arrested.

Protests in Venezuela have gotten increasingly violent and correspondingly a number of prominent Venezuelans have spoken out.

Thousands of Venezuelans gathered in New York and Miami on Monday to protest violence against student-led opposition protestors after three were shot to death at a march last week.

The Venezuelan government says they have for years been intercepting dispatches from US consular officials asking for more funding for youth civil-society organizations which the government counts as being among the opposition.

Twitter users in Venezuela lost image services for a day after three protestors were killed while taking part in demonstrations against the government of Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuelan capital Caracas has become the center of increasingly violent student-run protests against Maduro's government.

Miami members of Congress have spoken out publically against President Nicolas Maduro and urged him to bring peace to the troubled capital.

Maria Cano has been in the food cart industry for decades selling arepas on the streets in Jackson Heights, Queens. She is opening a restaurant sometime this spring.

With one game left to crown a champion, find out when and where to watch the 2014 Caribbean Series title game between Mexico and ....

The semifinals of the 2014 Caribbean Series continue as Puerto Rico and Venezuela battle for the right to face Mexico in the final. Find out where you can catch all the action!