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  Death Toll in Venezuela Anti-Nicolas Maduro Protests Hits 42

  The UN Security Council will discuss the crisis in Venezuela today as the opposition took to the streets in anger at what they saw as moves to strengthen elected socialist President Nicolas Maduro's hold on power.

• Venezuela Ruling Party Faces Dissent at Convention

  Venezuela's socialist party is holding its first national convention since the death last year of President Hugo Chavez, with delegates hoping to quell infighting and discontent about party leadership.

• Venezuela says death toll from protests rises to 28

  Venezuela's state prosecutor said on Thursday the death toll from a month of violent protests had risen to 28, after the nation's top court ordered opposition mayors to dismantle barricades set up by street protesters.

• Anti-government rally called in Caracas amid new violence

  Students and opponents of the Venezuelan government have called a new rally for Wednesday to mark a month of protests in Caracas, as the death toll from demo-related violence reached 21.

• Venezuelans up barricades as protest death toll rises

  Venezuelans erected barricades in major cities on Monday in some of the worst demonstrations against the government since the protests began almost three weeks ago, with the death toll now 14.

• In remembrance: Eminent figures who passed away in 2013

  Some of the notable figures who have passed away in the year just ending.

• Venezuela's Hugo Chavez lives on as a cartoon

  Months after the Venezuelan leader's death, Barrio TV depicts him high up in the clouds with the likes of independence hero Simon Bolivar and leftist revolutionary Che Guevara -- when Uncle Sam unexpectedly pops up.

• Hugo Chavez protege invokes Venezuelan curse on opposition voters

  Venezuelan acting President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday a centuries-old curse would fall on the heads of those who do not vote for him in next week's election to pick a successor to late leader Hugo Chavez.

• Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro urges Barack Obama to halt 'plot' against rival

  Venezuela's acting president urged US President Barack Obama to stop what he called a plot by the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency to kill his opposition rival and trigger a coup ahead of an April 14 election.

• Hugo Chavez buried after final tour of Caracas

  Late president Hugo Chavez was laid to rest at the headquarters of his failed 1992 coup attempt on Friday, a month before snap elections to pick his successor.