CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela announced on Sunday 24-hour power cutoffs for 80 firms that have failed to reduce electricity usage in the first punitive measures of a nationwide drive to save energy amid an electricity crisis. Restaurants, liquor stores, hotels, gyms, car dealerships and a yacht club were on the list of companies in the capital Caracas that would have their ...

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela announced on Sunday 24-hour power cutoffs for 80 firms that have failed to reduce electricity usage in the first punitive measures of a nationwide drive to save energy amid an electricity crisis. Restaurants, liquor stores, hotels, gyms, car dealerships and a yacht club were on the list of companies in the capital Caracas that would have their ...

Venezuelan prosecutors charged a government opponent with conspiracy and other crimes Friday after he said on a television program that the country has become a haven for drug trafficking. Former Zulia state Gov. Oswaldo Alvarez Paz is accused of spreading false information and publicly inciting violation of the law ...