On a hill in west of Caracas, the 23 de Enero slum stands as the flagship of Hugo Chávez’s socialist dream. His body currently lies in a military museum here which overlooks el comandante‘s former presidential home, …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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,” …
Vice President Nicolás Maduro is cancer-stricken President Hugo Chávez’s designated successor, but can he fill el comandante’s boots?
The socialist government has stopped releasing statistics, but on the eve of Chávez’s re-election bid his country’s murder rate is much worse than Mexico’s—which is fighting a narco war
Venezuela and Guyana appear to be sources of the tainted gems – and their persistence may help doom the Kimberley Process of certifying the ethical origins of diamonds
The Venezuelan presidential campaign officially starts July 1, pitting the demagogic populist Hugo Chávez against Henrique Capriles, the most capable opposition candidate yet. But both men will have to woo a large segment of …
