Chris Kraul, Author at Valley News

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, center left, and his wife Cilia Flores, center right, on the Bolivar square in Caracas, Venezuela, on July 31, 2017. (Manu Quintero/DPA/Abaca Press/TNS)

Voters Go to the Polls in Periled Venezuela

by Mery Mogollon Los Angeles Times, and Chris Kraul Los Angeles TimesMay 20, 2018

Caracas, Venezuela — Mariana Leal won’t vote in today’s presidential election because she believes the fix is in for President Nicolas Maduro to win re-election. Besides, the physical therapist from Caracas has something better to do: pack for…

Pope Francis celebrates an outdoor Mass in Medellin, Colombia, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)

More Than 1 Million in Colombia Celebrate Mass With Pope

by Chris Kraul Los Angeles TimesSeptember 10, 2017

A banner with the image of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez sits outside of his home in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Allies of two Venezuelan opposition leaders say Lopez and Antonio Ledezma have been taken by authorities from the homes where they were under house arrest. Video posted on the Twitter account of Lopez's wife early Tuesday, Aug. 1, shows a man being taken away from a Caracas home by state security agents. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelan Police Seize Two Rival Leaders

by Mery Mogollon Los Angeles Times, and Chris Kraul Los Angeles TimesAugust 2, 2017

A protester retrieves a tear gas canister from security forces blocking an opposition march from reaching the National Electoral Council headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Demonstrators contend Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government is quickly becoming a full-fledged authoritarian regime, and that his call to rewrite the constitution is one more attempt to consolidate his power. They are also decrying Venezuela's triple-digit inflation, soaring crime and vast food shortages. ((AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Death Toll Rises to 56

by Mery Mogollon Los Angeles Times, and Chris Kraul Los Angeles TimesMay 24, 2017

Train tracks lay destroyed in a flooded river in the Chosica district of Lima, Peru, Sunday, March 19, 2017. Intense rains and mudslides over the past three days have wrought havoc around the Andean nation and caught residents in Lima, a desert city of 10 million where it almost never rains, by surprise. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peru’s Brutal Season Of Floods Kills 94

by Adriana Leon Los Angeles Times, and Chris Kraul Los Angeles TimesMarch 28, 2017