Venezuelan state of Portuguesa

Originally from Guanare in Portuguesa state, the 48-year-old pastor is a controversial figure given his well-known ties to openly illicit business activities. ... It is nonetheless unknown if the Venezuelan preacher will ultimately be allowed to run on account of his criminal antecedents as well as the Venezuelan ...

In a ceremony held in the Sucre municipality of Portuguesa state, program beneficiaries were overjoyed by the state-sponsored rehabilitation of their homes. Renovations included the replacement of roofs, repainted walls, the installation of new bathroom kits, and new doors for entryways and rooms as well ...

The state of Portuguesa is Venezuela's breadbasket - full of crops like rice, beans, soya and sunflowers. It is also where Venezuela's staple corn is grown - the raw material for much-loved corn patties or arepas. Imposing metal silos stand tall on the horizon. At a time when people in the country are going ...

Nestor Ramirez, editor-in-chief of the daily, based in the western state of Portuguesa, wrote that the country's sole newsprint supplier, which is controlled by ... According to Venezuelan's Union of Press Worker, 49 media outlets have been shut down by Maduro's administration since the start of 2017, French ...

Venezuelan activist Francisco Marquez and colleague Gabriel San Miguel, sit in the back of a truck shortly after being stopped at a security checkpoint by the Venezuelan National Guard on Sunday, June 19, 2016. Marquez and San Miguel were traveling to Portuguesa state to help secure signatures for a ...