Civil and political freedoms in Venezuela have sharply deteriorated over the past year, according to the United Nations’ top ...

When Ramirez, 37, went to get a late night snack on Friday, he found nothing in the refrigerator. So Sunday, the couple donned their nicest clothes and hid fat wads of bills in their bags.

Venezuela's food prices skyrocket as people go hungry. by Patrick Gillespie and Osmary Hernandez @CNNMoney October 21, 2016: 9:21 AM ET . Venezuelans cross into Colombia to get food.

Venezuela's socialist government, led by President Nicolas Maduro, raised the minimum wage 60% on Sunday to 200,021 bolivares ($45) a month, including food stamps. But that won't buy much at the ...

Oil-exporting Venezuela became dependent on food imports, but when the price of oil collapsed in 2014, the government no longer could afford all the country needed. RELATED: ...

Venezuela is facing one of the world’s worst food crises as a gasoline shortage makes it harder for farmers to produce and deliver their goods. A recent U.N.-sponsored report found that about ...

LA VICTORIA, VENEZUELA – I am surrounded by a sea of salt, and I’m not even at the beach. The supermarket in this city of 150,000 souls where I do most of my shopping has filled up nearly an ...

What makes Venezuela’s food crisis all the more grim is that experts agree it is a result of human decision-making. “It’s not due to droughts, or floods,” Deborah Hines, the World Food ...

Venezuela was once the richest country in South America, but food prices have skyrocketed in recent years, forcing many to scavenge for things to eat. The cost of basic groceries is now about five ...

Voters in Venezuela gave the opposition a landslide victory in December's congressional elections, and polls now show a majority of the country wants Maduro out as president. His term expires in 2019.

In this Nov. 14, 2016 photo, a youth uses his pillow as a bag to collect rice from the pavement that shook loose from a food cargo truck waiting to enter the port in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, the ...

PUERTO CABELLO, Venezuela (AP) — When hunger drew tens of thousands of Venezuelans to the streets in protest last summer, President Nicolas Maduro turned to the military to manage the country's ...