Venezuela

Some 57 people have been killed in two months of protests against Nicolas Maduro's government.

The country has the largest stockpile of missiles in Latin America.

Nicholas Maduro's government is under fire over an economy in freefall.

At least three people, including two teenagers, have lost their lives in the state of Tachira in a week.

The Warao people live in derelict buildings and tent camps and are forced to make a living by begging from passing motorists.

The latest weapon in the fight for democracy in Venezuela is the "Poopootov cocktail" – a play on the Molotov cocktail.

The Organisation of American States' secretary general has compared the country to a dictatorship.

The protesters sang the national anthem and shouted 'we want elections'.

The star conductor's comments came after an 18-year-old musician was killed at a rally in Caracas.

Footage follows rumours that Lopez had been poisoned and taken to military hospital.

The Latin American nation is in a severe economic and political crisis as anti-government protests continue.

Venezuelan security forces battled protesters who lit fires and hurled stones and petrol bombs in Caracas.

Capriles said an early election is the only solution to end the crisis in the country.

Juan Pablo Pernalete Llover died after receiving the impact of a tear gas canister in his chest. 

As state security forces lean more heavily on tear gas, protesters have begun gearing up with goggles, gas masks and vinegar-soaked rags.

Three people were killed during the demonstrations, as hundreds of thousands of protesters stormed the streets of Caracas and other Venezuelan cities to denounce President Nicholas Maduro.

Thousands take to the streets in protests against government of President Nicolas Maduro.

President Nicolas Maduro faces mounting pressure as approval ratings drop below 20%.

Demonstrators carried makeshift shields and wore improvised gas masks to protect themselves against the plumes of tear gas.

Dozens of protesters were reportedly injured in police crackdown during the demostrations in capital Caracas.

The national comptroller ruling said the ban was due to 'administrative irregularities' in his role as governor.

Jose Bayardi said if the OAS suspends Venezuela's membership, the whole region will be destabilised.

Clashes broke out after authorities cordoned off a square where opponents had planned their latest protest against the autocratic government.

The top court annulled the opposition-dominated National Assembly and later reversed its ruling.

The country's Medical Federation said that the hospitals had less than 5% of the drugs they needed.

The six children are aged between six and 15 years old and are accused of stabbing two soldiers to death.

Desperate people with dreams of getting rich find they are little more than slaves in a lawless underworld.

The spat deepened after Venezuela called Peru's president a coward and a dog, submissive to the US.

The message comes days after the US Treasury imposed sanctions of Venezuelan Vice President Tarek El Aissami.

El Aissami is accused of aiding drug trafficking through Venezuela.