Hugo Chavez

Chavez's spirit will guide Venezuela - until leftist unity frays

2013-03-07 02:00:00

Even in death, Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez will be a powerful force guiding his countrymen to elect Vice President Nicolas Maduro to replace him. Some call the widely predicted victory of Chavez’s handpicked successor a “sympathy vote&...

Hugo Chavez: Admired and despised by readers

2013-03-06 13:44:00

For just as many reasons readers found to sneer at Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with cancer, others found reasons to praise the late strongman. While several readers slammed Chavez for behaving like a dictator and...

Thousands of Venezuelans line street for Hugo Chavez procession

2013-03-06 12:25:00

CARACAS, Venezuela-- In a massive outpouring of grief for Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez, hundreds of thousands of his red-shirted, fervent and often tearful followers lined a route through the capital where his coffin was being carried on its way...

Iran declares national day of mourning for Hugo Chavez

2013-03-06 10:27:00

TEHRAN -- The Iranian government declared Wednesday as a national day of mourning for the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, praising the leftist firebrand as a foe of imperialism. In a cable to the Venezuelan presidential office, President...

Sheryl Sandberg backlash: Actually, there's a lot to like about Facebook's feminist

2013-03-06 13:09:00

It would be a shame if women beat up on female leaders such as Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer and Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg for taking a different path than the one laid out by “movement feminists.”� Never mind that Mayer and Sandberg...

U.S. to send delegation to Chavez funeral

2013-03-06 13:07:00

WASHINGTON�— The Obama administration Wednesday offered Venezuela a chance to rebuild its relationship with the United States after the death of President Hugo Chavez, who had long railed against the “Yankee empire.” Though the...

Hugo Chavez: Words that grabbed headlines

2013-03-05 16:22:00

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday at age 58, was a flamboyant figure on the world stage, often snagging headlines with his dramatic declarations in speeches and to the media. Here are some of the remarks that garnered international...

Chavez death leaves behind daunting challenges at home, abroad

2013-03-05 15:09:00

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez loomed so large over his country and Latin America for the last two decades that his death on Tuesday following a long battle with cancer confronts the region with potentially destabilizing political swings and economic...

World leaders react to death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

2013-03-05 18:43:00

News of the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the leftist leader who had been battling cancer, reverberated Tuesday around Latin America and the world. In La Paz, Bolivia, a teary-eyed Bolivian President Evo Morales said he was devastated,...

Venezuela orders U.S. Embassy attache to leave country

2013-03-05 12:32:00

CARACAS, Venezuela -- In a move that heightened tensions surrounding the health of cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez, his vice president on Tuesday expelled the U.S. Embassy's military attache, accusing him of "proposing destabilizing plans" to...

Venezuelan opposition leader faces fresh charges

2013-02-28 13:09:00

CARACAS, Venezuela — Leading Venezuelan opposition figure Leopoldo Lopez appeared before prosecutors in Caracas on Thursday to answer charges of influence peddling while he was a state oil company employee in 1998, an accusation he described as...

Russian scientists collect, study pieces of meteor

2013-02-18 05:00:00

MOSCOW -- Russian scientists declared Monday that they have found and established the composition of pieces of the meteor that exploded over the Chelyabinsk region last week, injuring hundreds of people and causing millions of dollars worth of damage....

Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro looks to the heavens as he escorts the coffin carrying the body of late President Hugo Chavez through the streets of Caracas on Wednesday.

2013-03-07 02:00:00

A supporter of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stands in front of the military hospital in Caracas where he died Tuesday.

2013-03-06 13:35:44

Supporters of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez crowd the street to watch his coffin pass by.

2013-03-06 00:00:00