Fabiola Sanchez Associated Press

December 19, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Venezuela's president said that the sudden decision to scrap the country's most-used currency bill was an economic triumph over the country's enemies even as the government sent troops and police to cities where riots and looting broke out over the measure.

By Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press

5 minute read

September 16, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Margarita Island was once mobbed with international tourists who loved the sparkling blue water, fine white sand and flawless sunny days. Now, swimming pools are empty, toilets don't flush and many hotels can't afford to offer meal service.

By Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press

8 minute read

July 12, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Venezuela's government said it will seize a factory belonging to Kimberly-Clark Corp. after the U.S. personal care giant said it was no longer possible to manufacture in this crisis-wracked South American nation.

By Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press

4 minute read

May 04, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The opposition turned in petitions to Venezuelan electoral authorities that it said carried signatures of 1.8 million voters seeking President Nicolas Maduro's removal in a nationwide referendum.

By Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press

5 minute read

April 28, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Venezuela's electoral council took steps to allow opponents of President Nicolas Maduro to try and initiate a recall referendum against the socialist leader.

By Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press

6 minute read

April 16, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Venezuela's government is changing the clock again as part of its efforts to stave off an electricity crisis.

By Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press

4 minute read

April 01, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Colombia and the country's second-largest rebel group announced that they will hold peace talks, heightening expectations for a definitive end to a half-century of political violence in the Andean nation.

By Libardo Cardona and Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press

8 minute read

March 16, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Searchers recovered the remains of 14 people belonging to a group of more than 20 missing miners believed to have been killed by a gang seeking control over a wildcat gold claim in southeastern Venezuela, government officials said.

By Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press

2 minute read

February 23, 2016 | Daily Business Review

This is what the Zika outbreak looks like in Venezuela, a country whose medical system has teetered for months on the brink of collapse: There's a lack of bug spray to prevent mosquito bites, scant contraceptives to avert pregnancies, little medicine to treat Zika-linked maladies. There has been no effective public health campaign to inform the public about the disease and nobody really knows how many infections there have been.

By Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press

5 minute read