“This channel is about facing your fears.” In Caracas, we climb Torre David — the infamous “vertical slum” — 59 floors of decay, broken glass, and ghostly messages… all for one moment on the edge: “It ...

The operations around Venezuela that eventually led to the capture of its president pulled in nearly a fifth of the US Navy’s ...

Michael begins in Caracas. From the dangerous slums of Petare to the opulent Humboldt Hotel, he explores the country's stark contrasts. And in the Amazon, he encounters illegal gold mining. On the ...

Cyclists speed through the tangled alleys and staircases of one of Latin America's largest slums, and Venezuela's biggest. In Caracas' Petare, home to 600,000 people and long plagued by gang violence, ...

US Democrats introduce resolution to check Trump's use of military against Iran Three Democratic lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a war powers resolution on Monday to check ...

The fetid slums that choke Latin American cities breed disease, crime and a numbing sense of helplessness. For most slum dwellers, there is seem ingly no escape from misery, and little incentive to ...

Relatives of people detained in post-election protests wait for news outside a jail in Caracas on August 1, 2024 - Copyright AFP/File Raul ARBOLEDA Relatives of ...

Earnest, persuasive Communist organizers spread out through Caracas slums last week while Red intellectuals addressed classrooms and civic clubs. Their aims: trebling party membership, raising a ...

Álvarez first joined El Sistema as a child growing up in a Caracas slum. He learned to play violin and later to become a teacher and conductor. He says the experience shaped his life and gave him ...

(CNN) — Ron Davis Álvarez stood on a train platform in Stockholm, stunned by what he saw. The Venezuelan orchestra conductor was visiting Sweden as part of a university exchange program. He’d expected ...