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Venezuelans Choose Between Chavez Heir, New Path
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Voters chose Sunday between the hand-picked successor who campaigned to carry on Hugo Chavez's self-styled socialist revolution and an...
Chavez Heir Chosen to Lead Venezuela
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuelan electoral officials say voters have narrowly elected Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor as president in a razor-close special...
Death Comes for El Comandante: Hugo Chávez (1954-2013)
Like his idol, Fidel Castro, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was one of the most garrulous and pugnacious leaders Latin America has ever known. That makes his...
Venezuela: Chavez Very Delicate With New Infection
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — A new and severe respiratory infection has cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez in a "very delicate" state, and his breathing has...
Hand-Picked Chávez Successor Registers in Election
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Thousands of cheering, crying admirers accompanied President Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor Monday as he registered to be a candidate...
Chávez’s Body Brought ‘Home’ to Military Academy
(CARACAS, Venezuela) -- Hugo Chavez has been carried back to the military academy where he started his army career, his flag-draped coffin lying in state in the...
Venezuela: Chavez Hit by New, Severe Infection
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — President Hugo Chavez is breathing with greater difficulty as a new and severe respiratory infection has taken hold, Venezuela's...
Chávez’s Return to Venezuela Raises Questions
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — The announcement of President Hugo Chavez's return to Venezuela after a 10-week silence in Cuba is raising questions about his cancer...
The Loyal Lieutenant: In Hugo Chávez’s Absence, Nicolás Maduro’s Stature Grows
Vice President Nicolás Maduro is cancer-stricken President Hugo Chávez's designated successor, but can he fill el comandante's boots?
Photos of Hugo Chavez Shown After 2-month Absence
Venezuela's government showed the first photos of ailing President Hugo Chavez in more than two months on Friday, presenting images of him smiling alongside his...
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Leaked Recording Stirs Political Furor in Venezuela
A recording released by Venezuela's opposition purportedly revealing graft and conspiracy in the ruling Socialist Party has stirred a new political storm in the OPEC nation's already traumatic transition after the death of Hugo Chavez ...
Venezuelan Politics Get Personal, Divide Families
A portrait of Hugo Chavez stared down from a black metal frame as Jose Pastano sipped coffee after dinner with his sons in the slum house he shares with 17 relatives on the...
Venezuela's Maduro Gets Firm Brazilian Backing, Trade
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro got strong backing from regional heavyweight Brazil on Thursday on a tour of South American allies to cement his legitimacy as political heir to the late Hugo Chavez ...
Rival Marches After Legislative Brawl in Venezuela
Tensions have remained high since Nicolas Maduro, the handpicked heir of Hugo Chavez, won the presidential elections by fewer than two percentage points. ...
