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The competition and party Rio threw for fans was considered a success. But RIo's sports facilities have languished as Brazil struggles to emerge from recession.
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Venezuela's rebel prosecutor heads to Brazil as Maduro seeks her arrest
Venezuela's former chief prosecutor - who says she has proof of corruption at the highest levels of the socialist administration - fled to Brazil on Tuesday
- by Jim Wyss
Venezuela's democratically elected legislature is dissolved, deepening crisis
Venezuela's political crisis deepened on Friday as the controversial constitutional assembly declared that it is the country's sole legislative body.
- by Mery Mogollon and Chris Kraul
Venezuela's Socialist-run 'truth commission' to investigate opposition
Opposition candidates running in Venezuela's October gubernatorial elections will be investigated to make sure none were involved in violent political protests this year.
- by Hugh Bronstein
Venezuelan soldiers caught in Guyana begging for food
A handful of Venezuelan soldiers - armed and in uniform - have been caught in neighbouring Guyana begging for food, local police reported.
- by Jim Wyss
Hungry Venezuelans walk to Colombia for a plate of food
An estimated 25,000 Venezuelans trek across the Simon Bolivar International Bridge into Colombia each day for work or to trade goods on the black market.
- by Luz Dary Depablos
Venezuela crisis looms over US vice-president Pence's Latin America trip
US Vice-President Mike Pence touched down in Colombia on Sunday afternoon amid a deepening crisis in neighbouring Venezuela.
- by Philip Rucker
Donald Trump threatens Venezuela with 'military option'
Bedminster, NJ: US President Donald Trump threatened military intervention in Venezuela, a surprise escalation in Washington's response to Venezuela's political crisis.
- by James Oliphant
Food queues, grave-robbing, hyperinflation: escaping Venezuela's nightmare
As unrest in Venezuela intensifies, one of its sons bears witness to the nation’s descent into chaos and explains the painful decision to flee his homeland.
- by Tim Elliott
Venezuela's Maduro affirms new legislative body as 'magnificent'
Caracas: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has vowed to recognise the Socialist Party-dominated constituent assembly as the country's most powerful institution on Thursday in his first appearance at the highly criticised legislative body that was inaugurated six days ago.
- by Hugh Bronstein and Diego Ore
Venezuelan government crushes military rebellion: ruling official
Venezuelan authorities have suppressed a military rebellion near the central city of Valencia, a ruling official say, days after President Nicolas Maduro formed a legislative superbody internationally condemned as a power grab.