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The leftist administration of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in March 2016 created a system of subsidized food boxes aimed at mitigating shortages at grocery stores and supermarkets, but those establishments" shelves are practically empty a year and nine months later and complaints and denunciations of fraud are growing.

The Venezuelan government and opposition began Friday in Santo Domingo the second day of dialogue, looking for solutions to their country's ongoing crisis.

Protests broke out early Thursday in Venezuela when people angry over shortages of gas, water and food for holiday meals took to the streets, media reports said.

The Brazilian government on Monday (Dec. 25th) declared persona non grata the charge d'affaires at the Venezuelan Embassy in Brasilia, Gerardo Antonio Delgado Maldonado, as a reprisal for the same decision by Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly with regard to the Brazilian ambassador in Caracas.

Venezuelan political prisoners released for Christmas are scheduled to appear in the courts handling their cases, in order to find out under what conditions they will live after being freed, attorneys of some of the over 40 people liberated from prison told EFE.

A total of "498 violations of freedom of expression" occurred in Venezuela between January and December, the National Press Workers Guild (SNTP) said Wednesday.

The Health Commission of Venezuela"s National Assembly legislature said Tuesday that the opposition"s dialogue with the Nicolas Maduro government must reach a humanitarian agreement on bringing medicines into the country, since, it said, the healthcare system has collapsed.

The Venezuelan opposition coalition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) on Monday described as fraudulent the weekend"s mayoral elections, which the ruling party won and three of the four major MUD parties boycotted.

Judith Suzarra-Campbell is the master chef behind the scenes in the kitchen and gregariously greeting her guests at Sazón Restaurant and Cafe, the longtime champion of healthy homestyle Venezuelan cooking in Philadelphia.

The Venezuelan economic crisis has reached the point of no return when the rating agency Standard & Poors declared the Caribbean country in credit default, better known as "partial default", given the government's inability to settle debts with its investors.

18 years of chavism, a nonexistent transition and four months of struggle have not been enough for Venezuela to show signs of recovery. Last Sunday's regional elections are the last bloc that buried democracy in Venezuela.

If cities are in need of superheroes, then Philadelphia may have discovered one. Neither sporting cape nor spandex, The Mentor prefers a suit when serving Philadelphians, offering parables from his life and career in a Southwestern twang to Latino and LGBT youth, or providing counsel to PECO for ecological and efficient energy production. A well-versed and seasoned attorney and politician, The Mentor (who goes by alias “Romy”), has been serving us since 2002 with modesty and empathy. To show our appreciation, AL DĺA News honors Romy this year with a Hispanic Heritage Award.

According to the latest study by the Caritas Organization of Venezuela, 35.5 percent of all poor children up to age 5 have some symptoms of malnutrition, while 41 percent beg for food or look for it in the rubbish.

According to Trump's statement, Venezuela was included on the new list because "the government in Venezuela is uncooperative in verifying whether its citizens pose national security or public-safety threats".