Hannah Dreier

January 23, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Venezuelan officials may face U.S. sanctions for profiting from food shortages that have exacerbated hunger in the South American country.

By Hannah Dreier and Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

9 minute read

January 10, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Venezuela's opposition-dominated congress declared President Nicolas Maduro had abandoned his post as the clock ran out on the opposition's effort to oust the socialist leader in a recall vote.

By Hannah Dreier, Associated Press

4 minute read

December 29, 2016 | Daily Business Review

When hunger drew tens of thousands of Venezuelans to the streets last summer in protest, President Nicolas Maduro turned to the military to manage the country's diminished food supply, putting generals in charge of everything from butter to rice.

By Hannah Dreier and Joshua Goodman

11 minute read

December 09, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Pirates are terrorizing the coastal state of Sucre, once home to the world's fourth-largest tuna fleet and a thriving fishing industry. That trade has collapsed, along with virtually every industry across Venezuela.

By Hannah Dreier, Associated Press

10 minute read

December 06, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Venezuela's opposition said it would skip a meeting with the government, endangering ongoing talks aimed at diffusing the country's political crisis.

By Hannah Dreier, Associated Press

5 minute read

October 05, 2016 | Daily Business Review

If Venezuela has become dangerous for the healthy, it is now deadly for those who fall ill. After years of mismanagement and a plunge in the price of oil, the economy has stalled out. The socialist administration calls the medical crisis an invention peddled by opponents, and has refused to let in humanitarian aid.

By Hannah Dreier, Associated Press

12 minute read

September 26, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Critics of Venezuela's 17-year-old socialist government are reeling after elections officials torpedoed their primary political effort for the year: a campaign to recall President Nicolas Maduro and hold an early presidential election.

By Hannah Dreier, Associated Press

9 minute read

August 10, 2016 | Daily Business Review

The timing set by the government for a recall petition drive means the opposition could be kept out of power until 2019.

By Hannah Dreier

5 minute read

August 04, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A day after Venezuela's former drug czar was indicted in the United States on narcotics trafficking charges, President Nicolas Maduro defiantly named him interior minister.

By Hannah Dreier, Associated Press

4 minute read

July 08, 2016 | Daily Business Review

When Venezuela's opposition lawmakers took over the congress in January, they vowed it was the beginning of the end for President Nicolas Maduro. But Maduro has since managed to almost completely sideline the legislature with the help of the Supreme Court, and now the ruling socialist party is talking about shutting congress down altogether.

By Hannah Dreier, Associated Press

7 minute read