CARACAS, Venezuela—This city was once so dangerous that drivers ran red lights to avoid carjackings. A decade ago, three Venezuelans were killed an hour every day, on average. Bars and parks emptied ...

Crime and a grinding economic crisis have turned the traditionally vibrant, teeming streets of Caracas into no man’s land once the sun goes down. Major thoroughfares like the Francisco Fajardo highway ...

Tension has flooded Caracas since the early hours of January 3, when then-President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were arrested and taken to prison in the United States. In response, armed men with ...