Hugo Chavez's surprise return from Cuba after cancer treatment was a classic maneuver for a president who excels at showmanship. It's also likely to give him a political boost as supporters rally ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government announced the death of President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday, ending 14 years of charismatic rule by the firebrand socialist but leaving his party firmly in ...

CARACAS, Venezuela - Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday at 58, rose from poverty in a dirt-floor adobe house to unrivaled influence in Venezuela as its president, consolidating power and wielding the ...

A group of senior Venezuelan government officials, led by Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and her brother Jorge, who is ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. You knew it had to happen. As soon as the 30-some regional leaders went ...

The socialist leader had been in power since 1998. March 5, 2013— -- Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez died today at 4:25 p.m., Caracas time, according to Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro.

An Orlando man accused Venezuela and then-president Hugo Chavez of stealing relics, including a lock of the revolutionary leader’s hair.

The death of Venezuela´s President provides an opening for moderate Brazil March. 7, 2013— -- A few hours after Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro ruefully announced Chavez's death on ...

Tens of thousands of ecstatic supporters thronged the streets around the presidential palace in downtown Caracas, pumping fists in the air and shouting Chavez's name after the former soldier beat ...

President Hugo Chávez is reportedly holed up on the ninth floor of Caracas’ Dr Carlos Arvelo military hospital, where a giant poster of his face beams down from its manila-colored walls. But the ...

When Venezuelan authorities announced a long-overdue devaluation of their currency last week, ministers insisted that the command had come directly from President Hugo Chávez. “We have taken this as a ...

President Hugo Chavez said he met privately with actor Sean Penn on Wednesday, and that the Oscar-winning celebrity may film a movie in Venezuela. By The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela — ...