Hugo Chavez
  • Maduro blames U.S. for election violence

    Charges that the U.S. Embassy has been 'financing and leading all the violent acts', backing 'neo-Nazi groups'.

    Demonstrators, one holding a poster of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, confront riot police from behind a burning barricade in the Altamira neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 15, 2013.
    LAST UPDATE : Apr 16, 2013, 8:31 PM EDT
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  • By the numbers: Maduro’s squeaker

    The opposition showed broad appeal, and Chavismo may be on the outs.Americas,Baruta Municipality,bus driver and union leader,Caracas,Chavismo,Henrique Capriles,Henrique Capriles Radonski,Hugo Chavez,Nicolas Maduro,presidential election,United States,Venezuela,Matt Taylor

    Published Date : Apr 15, 2013, 4:55 PM EDT
  • Supporters hold a toddler wearing a Maduro-style mustache at the closing campaign rally for Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday April 11, 2013.
    Venezuela votes in the post-Chavez era

    Just a month after the longtime president died from cancer, the first election will test his grip on the political culture.

    LAST UPDATE : Apr 13, 2013, 6:03 PM EDT
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  • Supporters ride a motorcycle to the closing campaign rally for ruling party presidential candidate Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, April 11, 2013.
    The well-greased vote machine Chavez left

    Extensive campaign arm assembled over 14 years of the former president's rule could be vital to his hand-picked sucessor's election hopes.

    LAST UPDATE : Apr 12, 2013, 4:08 PM EDT
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  • Venezuela’s citizen security looms

    The Ministry of the Interior and Justice has reported that approximately 3,400 murders occurred nationally between January and April of 2013.Americas,Caracas,Colombia,Henrique Capriles,Hugo Chavez,Nicolas Maduro,South America,Venezuela,W. Alex Sanchez

    Published Date : Apr 11, 2013, 3:46 PM EDT
  • Lightning campaign for Malaysian oppo

    How Malaysia's marginalized parties can play catch-up in an environment where the ruling coalition has a stranglehold not only on public institutions but also the national media is tough to envision.Asia-Pacific,Anwar Ibrahim,Asia,Barisan Nasional,Hugo Chavez,Israel,Mahathir Mohamad,Malaysia,Najib Razak,National Front,Venezuela,Matt Taylor

    Published Date : Apr 11, 2013, 10:11 AM EDT
  • Opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles speaks to supporters at a campaign rally in Maracay, Venezuela, Thursday, April 4, 2013.
    Venezuela's Capriles: Maduro won't last

    Opposition candidate promises to reduce foreign aid in order to bolster the homefront, and distance the country from human rights violators.

    LAST UPDATE : Apr 06, 2013, 12:12 AM EDT
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