Venezuela: Life after Chavez On People & Power The Promised Ci...

Maduro, 50, heir to the late leftist president Hugo Chavez, defeated opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, 40, by a razor-thin margin in the snap election to complete Chavez's six-year term in office. Capriles however has refused to concede ...

CARACAS, Venezuela -- A portrait of Hugo Chavez stared down from a black metal frame as Jose Pastano sipped coffee after dinner with his sons in the slum house he shares with 17 relatives on the western edge of the capital.Leaning forward in his ...

Ruling-party presidential candidate Nicolas Maduro said at the childhood home of late Venezuelan head of state Hugo Chavez that he felt that his deceased mentor appeared to him in the form of a "little bird" and blessed him."I felt it here like it was giving ...

The razor-close vote to replace late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has sparked what opposition leaders and human rights groups say is a government crackdown on public employees who either

Venezuelans voted to pick late leader Hugo Chavez`s successor, with his handpicked political heir favoured to win, but the opposition candidate cried foul.

Russian President Vladimir Putin today congratulated Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro on his victory to succeed the late Hugo Chavez, the Kremlin said. "The Russian head of state expressed confidence that under the leadership of Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela will ...

Deceased Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez expressed his desire to live, and his love for the country, shortly before dying of a heart attack.

Nicolas Maduro, a former bus driver who became Hugo Chavez's protege, narrowly won Venezuela's presidential election on Sunday.

Venezuela's government-friendly electoral council quickly certified the razor-thin presidential victory of Hugo Chavez' hand-picked successor Monday, apparently ignoring opposition demands for a