CARACAS, Venezuela — It doesn’t feel like Christmas in Venezuela. At least not yet. Even if the president wants it to be.

Christmas has kicked off earlier than ever in Venezuela this year, following a decree by President Nicolás Maduro that ...

Venezuelan authorities have officially kicked off the Christmas season in early October, following a directive from President ...

Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro ordered that the festive season would start early this year but not everyone is overjoyed.

CARACAS, Venezuela - Christmas has come early to Venezuela, but the mood is not jolly. The Yuletide streetlights are up in capital Caracas and other cities, and storefronts glitter with decorations ...

He called critics “bitter” and full of hate. In Venezuela, Christmas is a beloved holiday whose celebration is practically a patriotic duty. Festivities often begin days or weeks before ...

“We’ll see what this Christmas is all about,” Quevedo said. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures in his regular Monday TV show "Con Maduro+," in Caracas, Venezuela on Sept ...

Christmas will start next month in Venezuela, authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro has decreed – even as thousands of Venezuelans look set to pass the holidays behind bars amid his government’s ...

Christmas has come early in Venezuela, at least for the country’s embattled president Nicolás Maduro. Maduro, who is at the centre of a widely contested election, announced on Monday he would ...

This week, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro declared on his weekly television show, “September smells like Christmas! ... I am going to decree the beginning of Christmas on Oct. 1.

In a move as bizarre as it is calculated, Nicolás Maduro has officially rescheduled Christmas in Venezuela to October 1. While most of the world is waiting until December to celebrate the holiday ...