Under the sweltering sun of Venezuela’s Los Llanos, a vast savannah famous for its cowboys and revolutionaries, 60-year-old Adán Chávez speaks passionately to a crowd of red-clad supporters. In his voice and rhetoric trembles …
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After Chávez’s Death, Venezuelans Mourn and Look to an Uncertain Future
The mood outside the Dr. Carlos Arvelo military hospital was somber. Women crowded the entrance, sobbing. Grim-faced men looked on. Many stood in stunned silence while motorbikes streamed by, their horns honking. When approached, …
Remembering Hugo Chávez: A Demagogue’s Career in Quotes
The Venezuelan President was known for his vociferous, colorful rhetoric.
Venezuelans Mourn the Death of Hugo Chavez
Venezuelans mourn the passing of the charismatic, controversial President known as ‘El Comandante’.
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 death in Caracas today, March 5, at age 58, after a long and …
Venezuela’s Future: Whose Health Is Worse—Hugo Chávez’s or the Opposition’s?
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 portrait belies the deep …
Hugo Chávez’s Absence Deepens Venezuela’s Sense of Crisis
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 presidential order,” …
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?
If Chávez Can’t Be Sworn In, Is He Still President of Venezuela?
Venezuela has decried its neighbors’ loose ways with their constitutions, but the ruling party in Caracas does much the same — especially when it comes to Chávez
Hugo Chávez’s Constitution Is a Muddled Map Out of Venezuela’s Crisis
As the socialist President fights to recover from cancer surgery in Cuba before his Jan. 10 inauguration, his 1999 charter leaves Venezuela in governmental limbo
Chávez’s Cancer Relapse: Can Venezuela’s Socialists Survive It?
President Hugo Chávez acknowledges that he could be sidelined for good, and a special presidential election might be on the horizon. Can his oil-fueled revolution function without him?
Six More Years: Hugo Chávez Wins a Third Term in Venezuela
It was not as huge a rout as his previous victories, but the Venezuelan president knew how to turn on the electoral charm–and clout–despite a serious bout with cancer.
Hugo Chávez Wins Big, Gives Rivals Six More Years to Climb out of the Hole
Venezuela’s socialist President easily won re-election on Sunday, reminding opposition leaders – and Washington – just how badly their earlier anti-Chávez strategies may have set them back