Once a futuristic shopping mall, El Helicoide became one of Venezuela's most feared prisons. Now, as the country changes, so does its fate — erase it, rebuild it, or remember what happened inside.

A 28-year-old American who was detained in Venezuela after crossing the border from Brazil in December said he was beaten, denied food and water, and held in restraints before being taken to a prison.

Nahuel Gallo, an Argentine military police officer, is urging the international community to push Venezuela to free 24 ...

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GUANARE, Venezuela (AP) — Freedom came too late for Edilson Torres. The police officer was buried Tuesday in his humble, rural hometown following his death in a Venezuelan prison, where he was held ...

Javier Giraldo arrived Friday at an international bridge linking Colombia and Venezuela hoping to display a sign requesting his father's release from a Venezuelan prison during a scheduled meeting ...

Nearly 300 political prisoners held at El Rodeo I prison outside Caracas have launched a hunger strike in demanding their ...

GUATIRE, Venezuela -- Thousands of National Guard troops stormed a prison Friday seeking to disarm inmates days after a bloody riot, setting off gunfights with resisting inmates that left at least one ...

SAN FRANCISCO DE YARE, Venezuela(AP) — As Diógenes Angulo was freed Saturday from a Venezuelan prison after a year and five months, he, his mother and his aunt trembled and struggled for words. Nearby ...

Venezuela's "El Helicoide" was built back in the days of seemingly endless oil wealth and meant to be a flashy, space-age-looking shopping center. But this structure shaped like a three-sided pyramid ...

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Friday announced an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of hundreds of prisoners, including opposition leaders, journalists and human rights ...

James Luckey-Lange has been spending a lot of time looking at the names he carved on a bar of soap he smuggled out of a Venezuelan prison in his underwear. The 28-year-old New York native spent just ...