Christmas starts early in a lot of retail stores, but in Venezuela it's starting Oct. 1. NPR's Scott Simon explains.

The international community and most of the country’s population might be in an uproar amid allegations that he stole July’s ...

Marco, 63, a bus driver in the city of Maracaibo, called the announcement a “mockery” of all those suffering under the ...

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 ...

Christmas starts early in a lot of retail stores, but in Venezuela it's starting Oct. 1. NPR's Scott Simon explains. Opinion: Christmas is starting early in Venezuela Can you smell chestnuts ...

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.

but for strongman Nicolas Maduro Christmas has come early in Venezuela, so much so that he aims to decree its formal beginning for the first of October. “September is arriving and so I said it ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The world’s attention ... President Nicolás Maduro decided there was a more important matter to discuss: Christmas and the need to kick off the jolly season a ...