Most Recent

In this April 17, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez before the opening session of the 5th Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. (AP Photo/Mariamma Kambon, Summit of the Americas, Pool, File)

Friend or foe? Venezuela-US relations up in the air

By

There was no love lost between Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez' administration and the U.S., and as of now Chavez' successor is following the same playbook. … Read More

Venezuela pitcher Ramon Ramirez throws a pitch during the first inning of an exhibition baseball game against the New York Mets, Wednesday, March 6, 2013, in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

No moment of silence for Hugo Chavez before Mets-Venezuela game either

By

When the Venezuelan national baseball team received word that Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday, their manager and former-Yankee Luis Sojo gave an impassioned plea to … Read More

In this April 18, 2009 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, hands President Barack Obama the book titled "The Open Veins of Latin America" by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano at a UNASUR countries meeting during the Summit of the Americas in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Opinion: Petrodollars will continue to dominate our relationship with Venezuela

By Stephen A. Nuño

Hugo Chavez is dead, but his oil lives. A man who evoked a prism of emotions, from those looking down on Latin America with scorn for his anti-American rhetoric … Read More

In this TV frame grab taken from the Venezuelan network Telesur, Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announces the death of President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Telesur)

Even after death, Chavez gets choice of successor

By Frank Bajak and Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Even in death, Hugo Chavez's orders are being followed. The man he anointed to succeed him, Vice President Nicolas Maduro, will … Read More

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez passed away in Caracas, Venezuela on March 5, 2013, (Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images)

Opinion: Hugo Chávez earned respect and scorn, thanks to U.S. policy in Latin America

By Julio Ricardo Varela

This week much will be written about Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, who died at age 58. He was El Comandante to some and El Dictador to others. There … Read More

Venezuelans react to the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez on March 05, 2013. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)

Venezuelans in U.S. react to Chavez’s death, while a nation awaits an uncertain future

By

In the town of Doral, nicknamed ‘Doralzuela’ because of the number of Venezuelan-Americans who live in the community, Mayor Luigi Boria, the first … Read More

Here Venezuela Vice President Nicolas Maduro cheers a portrait of Chavez, whose death led to strong reactions from supporters and critics on Twitter (Getty Images)

Hugo Chavez dead: Admirers, passionate critics react on Twitter

By

The news of Hugo Chavez death swept Twitter as any big news event does, but most would be hard-pressed to think of anyone else as polarizing in life as he was. … Read More

People hold Venezuelan flags as they listen to television sets reporting on the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, in the heart of a neighborhood that has the largest concentration of Venezuelans in the U.S. on March 5, 2013 in Doral, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Chavez dies: What the Venezuelan constitution says happens now

By

President Hugo Chávez, the man who changed the Venezuelan flag on its 200th anniversary -- steering the white horse left instead of right -- changing the … Read More

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (C) gestures while speaking to supporters after receiving news of his reelection in Caracas on October 7, 2012.

Analysis: Chavistas begin search for Latin America’s next ‘Comandante’

By Carlos Rajo, Telemundo Political Analyst

Love him or hate him — and plenty of people in Venezuela and around the world felt one of the two emotions — firebrand President Hugo Chavez’s brand of … Read More

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez attends the "South Of The Border" premiere at the Sala Grande during the 66th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

[PHOTOS] Hugo Chavez dies: A look through the years from his rise to power to his death

By

1998 - Hugo Chavez sweeps into power In 1992, the former army paratrooper Hugo Chavez led a failed military coup against then President Carlos Andres Perez. … Read More