A little over a year ago, David Smolansky was on the run in his native Venezuela. Stripped of his job as mayor of El Hatillo and facing arrest on political charges, he shaved his beard, hid behind ...

Venezuela has been ruled by dictators for nearly a quarter century, first under Hugo Chavez, and now under his protege, Nicolas Maduro. Their regimes have suppressed free speech, throttled the economy ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Venezuela's government issued an arrest warrant for David Smolansky last year, the young opposition politician went into hiding before shaving off his trademark beard and ...