Deep inside Petare — one of the largest and most dangerous barrios in South America — locals introduced us to a world most ...

CARACAS (Reuters) - The gunshots that echo every night in the maze-like sprawl of Venezuela's biggest slums are a danger even to President Hugo Chavez, whose allies may lose ground at local elections ...

Venezuela's government began to evacuate a famous "vertical slum" in Caracas Tuesday, bringing an end to a self-made community that became famous for its apocalyptic image, symbolic overtones and ...

For more than 4,400 squatters in Caracas, Venezuela, the time has come to move on. An unfinished skyscraper that has stood in the city for over a decade has become home to not only people, but shops, ...