When Venezuela's star stopped shining

In the '70s, when other Latin American nations were crumbling under ruinous debt, Venezuela remained economically solvent and politically stable.Not only was it a democracy in a continent plagued......

Venezuela: Before the Implosion

As Venezuelans continue to flee the starvation, crime and the horrific inflation that continues to mark the worst crisis it has ever faced, Radha Roy Biswas looks back at a devastated country she......

160 dead in Venezuela plane crash

A plane carrying vacationers home to the French Caribbean island of Martinique crashed on Tuesday in western Venezuela after reporting engine problems, killing all 160 people on board, officials......

How will history remember Argentina's Messi

Lionel Messi does not need a Copa America win to feel like the king of the world. He captured that crown a long ago, says Dhruv Munjal IMAGE:  The look on Lionel Messi's face says it all......

Maradona recovering well following gastric bypass surgery

Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona underwent a gastric bypass in the western Venezuelan city of Maracaibo over the weekend and is recovering well, doctors said on Sunday. The 55-year-old former......

Copa America: Pizarro rescues Peru

Peru's Claudio Pizarro scored a late equaliser to salvage a 2-2 draw against Bolivia on Tuesday, a result that carried his side into the quarter-finals of the Copa America along with Venezuela and......

Copa: Argentina storm into quarters

Argentina, helped by a brace from Juan Roman Riquelme, beat Colombia 4-2 to reach the Copa America quarter-finals on Monday and Paraguay joined with a 3-1 win over United States. Both teams have......

Crespo double rescues Argentina

Paraguay, inspired by a Roque Santa Cruz hat-trick, thumped Colombia 5-0 while Argentina overpowered the United States 4-1 in a glut of goals at the Copa America on Thursday. Favourites Argentina......