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Lilian Tintori said her husband, opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, has become the symbolic face of dozens of jailed opposition activists in Venezuela, and of a movement that won't die until there is "clear justice, a clear rule of law and human rights for all people" in the nation. (Associated Press)

Joe Biden, amid coup charges, meets Venezuelan opposition figures

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Lilian Tintori, wife of imprisoned opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, shows a tattoo of the word "Venezuela" on her wrist. Her incarcerated husband, seen by many as a political prisoner wrongfully jailed, has a matching one on his ankle. (associated press)

Leopoldo Lopez’s wife entreats Obama to help with his captivity

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Nicolas Maduro — the hand-picked successor to the late socialist Hugo Chavez — faces mounting international criticism for jailing opposition figures after months of street protests. (Associated Press)

Oil prices push Venezuela to brink of economic collapse

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Nicolas Maduro — the hand-picked successor to the late socialist Hugo Chavez — faces mounting international criticism for jailing opposition figures after months of street protests. (Associated Press)

Oil prices push Venezuela to brink of economic collapse

The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 11, 2014 file photo, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks on his radio and television program called &quot;In contact with Maduro&quot; at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. Critics have mostly ignored the new TNT spy drama &quot;Legends,&quot; but it's creating a furor in Venezuela. The telecommunications commission opened an investigation on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014 into the series over an episode in which a character fingers Maduro and his socialist party as the buyer of chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Alejandro Cegarra, File)

Venezuela rails against portrayal in US spy drama

By Hannah Dreier - Associated Press

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Venezuelan officials suspected of human rights abuses barred from U.S.

By Hannah Dreier and Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

Illustration on dangers from Venezuela by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

POBLETE: Sanctioning Venezuela as threat to U.S. security

By Yleem D.S. Poblete