Venezuela
Henrique Capriles, the leader of Venezuela’s moderate opposition, announced he is running for president again, as the country prepares for a special election in just a few weeks after the recent death of President Hugo Chavez from cancer.
World leaders have gathered in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas for the state funeral of Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesday from cancer at the age of 58.
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has died, after a long bout with cancer. He was 58. Chavez was born in Barinas, Venezuela in 1954, the second son of working class schoolteachers
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela died Tuesday afternoon from cancer, according to statements made by the Venezuelan government.
Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro is giving a press conference on the worsening health of President Hugo Chavez, who has been clinging to life since his fourth surgery for an undisclosed cancer in December.
Venezuela’s moderate opposition has gotten tired of waiting for word on the condition of cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez, who underwent a fourth surgery on Dec. 11 and has not been seen in public since.
A 59-year-old man stopped by German custom authorities in late January for attempting to enter the country with an undeclared check worth $70 million has been identified on Friday as a former chief of an Iranian central bank, according to German weekly Bild am Sonntag.
Venezuela's bespectacled and shaven-headed information minister stands solemnly at the microphone to impart the latest news on President Hugo Chavez's cancer.
Brazil is urging Venezuela's government to hold elections as quickly as possible if President Hugo Chavez dies, senior officials told Reuters on Monday, a major intervention by Latin America's regional powerhouse that could help ensure a smoother leadership transition in Caracas.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro said that since Chavez was reelected, he will remain president, and the Supreme Court can handle the details later.
Venezuelan Hugo Chávez, has been hospitalized with what authorities call a "severe" respiratory infection, with rumors circulating that the controversial president of Venezuela is on his deathbed.
Opposition leaders are demanding to know whether Hugo Chavez is healthy enough to be sworn into a fourth presidential term on Jan. 10.
Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro recently visited President Hugo Chavez in a Cuba hospital, as anxious politicians continued to question the re-elected leader's ability to run the country, according to a Fox News Latino report.
A respiratory infection following surgery to treat Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's pelvic cancer has left the politician bed ridden in the hospital
Bombastic Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced his cancer has returned, paving the way for speculation about his potential successor.
