While Nicolás Maduro moved Christmas up in Venezuela to Oct. 1, a gaita — the quintessential music genre for the holidays in the South American country — makes use of a speech by opposition leader ...

The world’s attention on Venezuela has been focused in the last weeks on the fallout from a highly contested presidential election that both the ruling party and its opponents claim to have won, the ...

In a move as bizarre as it is calculated, Nicolás Maduro has officially rescheduled Christmas in Venezuela to October 1. While most of the world is waiting until December to celebrate the holiday, ...

(CNN) — Christmas will start next month in Venezuela, authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro has decreed – even as thousands of Venezuelans look set to pass the holidays behind bars amid his government’s ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — It doesn’t feel like Christmas in Venezuela. At least not yet. Even if the president wants it to be. Residents of Caracas, the capital, woke up Tuesday to a towering ...

Deck the halls and jingle the bells because even though it is only October, it is Christmas time in Venezuela. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered the change of date to the holiday. This year, ...

Can you smell chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Feel Jack Frost nipping at your nose? This week, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro declared on his weekly television show, “September smells like ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- With a nod to Christmas cheer, Venezuela's politicians are reveling -- and railing -- in a sometimes sour twist on holiday season carols called "gaitas." Venezuela's feisty ...