Christmas is currently underway in Venezuela. The holiday was moved by Nicolás Maduro, who has been accused of rigging the presidential elections. A large Christmas tree was erected in the main ...

President Nicolás Maduro decided there was a more important matter to discuss: Christmas and the need to kick off the jolly season a tad early this year. In October, to be precise.

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

The country where Christmas has already started and nobody really knows why ‘Halloween hasn’t even passed, and it’s already Christmas? Are we celebrating them together?’ ...

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 ...

In Venezuela, a flower farmer from the country heralds the beginning of the Christmas season. For years, the legend goes, Antonio Pacheco traveled from Galipán, a town in the northern mountains ...

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

Christmas Starts in October, Venezuela’s Autocrat Declares With the nation’s democracy in shambles, President Nicolás Maduro tries to inject some holiday cheer.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Christmas will start on October 1st as political tensions remain high in his country.

The world’s attention on Venezuela has been focused in the last weeks on the fallout from a highly contested presidential election that both the ruling party and its opponents claim to have won ...

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 ...