Venezuelan self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido said on Tuesday that troops had joined his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro
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/ 28 September 2009
Hugo Chávez made diplomatic inroads in Africa on Sunday at a summit of South American and African leaders where he offered Venezuela’s help.
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/ 16 February 2009
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez won a referendum vote on Sunday that lets him stay in power for as long as he keeps beating his rivals.
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/ 18 January 2009
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro is "alive and kicking", Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said on Saturday.
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/ 24 November 2008
Venezuelans voted into the night on Sunday in state elections that test President Hugo Chávez’s 10-year grip on power.
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/ 12 September 2008
The United States escalated a major diplomatic crisis with Venezuela on Friday, imposing sanctions on aides to President Hugo Chávez.
The founder and chief commander of Colombia’s Farc rebel force, Manuel Marulanda, has died after more than 40 years fighting the state from jungle and mountain camps. If confirmed, the death of Manuel Marulanda, who organised the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerrillas in the 1960s, would be the heaviest blow yet to Latin America’s oldest insurgency.