Chavez or Capriles? Massive turnout as Venezuelans vote in pivotal election...
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez’s crusade to transform Venezuela into a socialist state, which has bitterly divided the nation, was put to the stiffest electoral test of his nearly 14 years...
View ArticleChavez Inauguration 2013: Venezuela Plans Show Of Support For Ailing President
CARACAS, Venezuela — Hundreds of supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez are rallying outside his presidential palace in an alternative inauguration, showing their support for the ailing leader...
View ArticleMourning Venezuelans parade Chavez’s coffin, prepare for vote
Sobbing and shouting, a throng of Hugo Chavez’s supporters paraded his coffin through the streets of Caracas on Wednesday in an emotional outpouring that could help his deputy win an election to keep...
View ArticleJose Alberto Alviarez Allegedly Murdered Mother In Religious Ritual For Hugo...
A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez poses for a picture while holding up a local newspaper featuring Chavez on the cover, at a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. (AP...
View ArticleUribana Prison Riot Kills Dozens In Barquisimeto, Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan authorities promised a high-level investigation Saturday into a deadly prison riot that reportedly left dozens of people dead when National Guard soldiers clashed with...
View ArticleHugo Chavez To Miss Inauguration, Government Says
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's government says President Hugo Chavez won't be able to attend his swearing-in scheduled for Thursday. National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello made the...
View ArticleVenezuelan opposition leader Capriles calls Maduro, Chavez’s anointed...
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s opposition leader is calling Vice President Nicolas Maduro a bold-faced liar and accuses him of using Hugo Chavez’s funeral to campaign for the presidency. Henrique...
View ArticleVenezuelans Vote for Chavez Successor
In Venezuela, the presidential election to replace the late Hugo Chavez is underway. Voters will choose between Chavez's handpicked successor, who has vowed to continue the country's socialist...
View ArticleHugo Chavez Delegates Some Duties To Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Hugo Chavez has delegated some administrative responsibilities to Venezuela's vice president, allowing his close confidant to make decisions related to the budget, expropriations...
View ArticleHugo Chavez Personality Cult Flourishes In Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela -- While Venezuela's sick president recuperates from surgery behind closed doors in Cuba, at home he is more visible than ever. An iconic block image of his eyes look out from...
View ArticleVenezuelans consider the unthinkable: a government without Chavez
CARACAS, Venezuela — For more than three hours, he towered before the crowds in the city center — bombastic, fierce, funny, singing songs and promising that rigid socialism would upend the...
View ArticleVenezuelan capital a ‘ghost city’ after Chavez death
Venezuelans reacted with grief on Wednesday to the news of President Hugo Chavez’s death, gathering in front of the military hospital where he had been treated for cancer. The government has called...
View ArticleVenezuelan president, accused of electoral fraud at home, finds backing abroad
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s embattled new president, Nicolas Maduro, worked hard this week to strengthen diplomatic ties with neighbors, winning much-needed support from some of the continent’s...
View ArticleHugo Chavez Health Rumors Swirl Online After Spanish Newspaper Says...
Loading Slideshow Venezuelan politician, member of Chávez's movement Blessings to all the good Venezuelans, hopeful like we are concerning the recovery of our Commander. Venezuelan journalist Chavez's...
View ArticleSophisticated Chavista get-out-the-vote machine delivers
CARACAS, Venezuela — It’s nearly midday Sunday and pro-government community leader Richard Escobar is marshaling get-out-the vote forces just outside a polling station in his piece of Petare, one of...
View ArticleChavez Inauguration Postponed: Ceremony For Ailing Venezuelan President...
By Brian Ellsworth and Diego Ore CARACAS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Venezuela will postpone the inauguration of President Hugo Chavez for a new term due to health problems, the government said on Tuesday,...
View ArticleNicolas Maduro wins Venezuelan presidency, electoral council says
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan interim President Nicolas Maduro won a narrow victory over Miranda state Gov. Henrique Capriles on Sunday to succeed late President Hugo Chavez, according to the...
View ArticleAbsence of Hugo Chavez discourages some from voting for Maduro in...
CARACAS, Venezuela — Hugo Chavez dominated politics in Venezuela for more than a decade. So when Venezuelans went to the polls Sunday, the late president’s absence was felt sharply by some government...
View ArticleVenezuela votes in the post-Chavez era
CARACAS, Venezuela — THE CHOICE Just over a month after Hugo Chavez succumbed to cancer, Venezuelans vote Sunday to replace the firebrand socialist president who built a near-monopoly of power during...
View ArticleNicolas Maduro, Venezuela Vice President, To Travel To Cuba See Chavez
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's vice president said he will travel to Cuba on Friday to visit ailing President Hugo Chavez and his family. Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced his trip on...
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