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'Newsweek' Journalist Was At Venezuelan Military Base During Raid

7:42am August 08, 2017

Rachel Martin talks to Carlos Flores, contributing writer at Newsweek En Espanol, who gives an eyewitness account of a recent raid of a military base in Venezuela.

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Anti-government activists protest in Venezuela's third city, Valencia, on Sunday.

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Hackers In Venezuela Hit Dozens Of Government Websites

8:08pm August 07, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The computer attack comes a day after armed men stormed an army base in Valencia. One site was defaced with a video of Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator.

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Venezuela's Constituent Assembly Fires Chief Prosecutor Luisa Ortega

4:31pm August 07, 2017

After the firing of Venezuela's public prosecutor, Luisa Ortega, on Sunday under the newly instituted National Constituent Assembly, NPR's Ari Shapiro checks in with Reuters correspondent Alexandra Ulmer for the latest from Venezuela.

Morning News Brief: North Korea Sanctions, Venezuela's Political Crisis

7:36am August 07, 2017

The U.N. Security Council voted to impose sanctions against North Korea for its missile launches. Anti-government fighters infiltrated a Venezuela military base — trying to start an uprising.

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Anti-Government Fighters In Venezuela Attack Army Base

7:36am August 07, 2017

by Philip Reeves

Two people were killed in what authorities called a "terrorist attack" at a military base in Venezuela. Twenty men in military uniforms infiltrated the base. Some escaped with weapons.

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Venezuela Crisis Latest: Venezuelan Troops Quash Attempted Anti-Government Attack

9:09pm August 06, 2017

by Philip Reeves

Violence and protests continue following a disputed election. Venezuelans awoke to news Sunday that a small group of armed men tried to overtake a major military base in the central city of Valencia.

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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro watching a military parade during Army Day celebrations at Fort Tiuna in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Venezuelan Troops Say They Quashed Attempted Anti-Government Attack At Military Base

9:04pm August 06, 2017

by Amy Held

The political crisis in Venezuela is in a spiral following last Sunday's vote to elect a constituent assembly, which consolidated President Nicolás Maduro's control.

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An Overview Of Venezuela's Descent

8:11am August 05, 2017

In her three years as a reporter for The Associated Press in Venezuela, Hannah Dreier saw the country go from being wealthy to being a country in crisis. She joins NPR's Scott Simon to explain.

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New 'Constituent Assembly' To Sit In Venezuela

5:07am August 04, 2017

Gideon Long of the Financial Times talks with David Greene about events in Venezuela, as the "constituent assembly" backed by President Maduro and criticized by opponents plans to convene Friday.

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During a march last month in favor of President Michelle Bachelet's bill, a demonstrator displays a handkerchief with an embroidered image of a uterus and the word "free" in Spanish.

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Chilean Lawmakers Ease Abortion Restrictions — But Will The Court Agree?

5:45pm August 03, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Chile passed a measure rolling back parts of its decades-old abortion ban, which is among the world's strictest. Now, that rollback goes before the constitution court. And its fate remains uncertain.