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In this March 27, 2014 photo, a poster of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez stands in the Petare shanty town of Caracas, Venezuela. Many in Petare, a sprawling hillside slum of crumbling brick buildings on the eastern outskirts of Caracas, have come to rely on Cuban physicians for free health services in a country where private care is too expensive for the poor and public hospitals have a dismal reputation. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Cuban doctors in eye of Venezuelan hurricane

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

Dutch DJ Tiesto cancels Venezuela show over unrest

Associated Press

Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

BERMAN: Russia pivots toward Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua

By Ilan Berman

A Bolivarian National policeman fires tear gas at anti-government protesters during clashes in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, March 22, 2014. Two more people were reported dead in Venezuela as a result of anti-government protests even as supporters and opponents of President Nicolas Maduro took to the streets on Saturday in new shows of force. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Pregnant woman, Venez National Guardsman killed

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

In this Feb 8, 2013 photo, a nurse checks a patient's blood pressure at the Dr. Gustavo Lima Aldereguía Hospital in Cienfuegos, Cuba. Cuba is giving its hundreds of thousands of medical workers raises that in some cases exceed 100 percent, official media on the island announced Friday, March 21, 2014, though pay remains much lower than what medical professionals can earn elsewhere. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Cuba hikes salaries for doctors, nurses

By ANNE-MARIE GARCIA - Associated Press

NORIEGA AND CARDENAS: Washington should not forget Venezuela

By Roger Noriega and Jose R. Cardenas

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Venezuela’s government, opposition still under shadow of Hugo Chavez

By Simon Pellet-Recht — Special to The Washington Times

A Bolivarian National Guard places a glass bottles with others items allegedly seized from demonstrators after a raid in Plaza Altamira, Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 17, 2014. The Bolivarian National Guard conducted raids in the Chacao district this Monday morning vacating the barricades installed there in order to prevent anti-government protests from happening in the area. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Correction: Venezuela-Unrest story

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

Mormon missionaries leaving Venezuela amid unrest

Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

HUMIRE: Iran propping up Venezuela’s repressive militias

By Joseph Humire

A student of Venezuela's Central University (UCV), shouts slogans against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. According to local authorities, several deaths have been reported Wednesday, and a number of others, including National Guardsmen, have been wounded after being shot by unknown assailants in separate incidents in the central Venezuelan city of Valencia. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Student protester shot, killed amid Venezuela unrest

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Chicago White Sox pitcher Jose Quintana reacts to being hit by a Arizona Diamondbacks Gerardo Parra hit in the first inning during an exhibition baseball game in Glendale, Ariz., Saturday, March 8, 2014. Quintana left the game after the play. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

White Sox LHP Quintana hit in shin by line drive

Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 5, 2014, Carlos Salamanca tries to start his car in Miami. Salamanca fled Venezuela's increasingly political turmoil with his family in January. He is now living largely out of an old Nissan he purchased for $1,000. Salamanca was a small business owner in Venezuela and said he fled after receiving threats against his family. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)

Venezuelan middle class seeks refuge in Miami

By Christine Armario - Associated Press

Honduras beats Venezuela 2-1 in friendly

Associated Press

Jared Leto, center, arrives with his mother Constance and brother Shannon at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Jared Leto in generous mood after acting Oscar win

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY - Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

GORDON: Tyrants in Ukraine, Syria, Iran are emboldened by Obama’s weakness

By J.D. Gordon

Rubio, Scott urge sanctions against Venezuela

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press