Lucy McCarthy, 16, stepped out of her comfort zone to immerse herself in a two-month trip of a lifetime. It proved to be a class adventure.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has arrived back home in Caracas after 10 days of medical treatment in Cuba.

Venezuela wants the US ambassador to explain a breach of the country’s airspace by a US Navy plane.

A passenger plane crashed in remote western Venezuela with 152 passengers aboard early today, an aviation official said. It was unclear whether anyone survived.