Three people have been shot dead in the worst violence since Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s disputed election last year.
Venezuela’s crime-ridden capital was once a thriving metropolis and residents hope the Hugo Chávez park signals a return to better times.
Nicolás Maduro has vowed to limit profiteering and to strengthen price controls after receiving special powers from the country’s national assembly.
A Venezuelan minister has urged citizens to close Facebook accounts to avoid being unwitting informants for the US CIA.
Venezuala will hold an election on April 14, as acting President Nicolas Maduro tries to benefit from an emotional outpouring for Hugo Chávez.
As the Chávez era draws to a close, the US has a chance to build potentially lucrative relationships.
Venezuela’s leader Hugo Chávez has left a legacy of literacy and healthcare for the poor, alongside crumbling infrastructure and a dependence on oil.
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez has died after a two-year battle with cancer, ending 14 years of rule that saw him win as much hatred as support.
Venezuela’s government has for the first time revealed that President Hugo Chavez has been receiving chemotherapy since undergoing surgery in Cuba.
Supporters of Hugo Chavez have displayed new confidence after the government released the first post-surgical photos of the ailing Venezuelan leader.
A jail riot in southwestern Venezuela has killed dozens of people local media said, the latest in the ongoing crisis in the coutry’s crowded prisons.
Six weeks after his disappearance from the public eye for surgery, Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez is joking and giving instructions again, says an official.
Hugo Chavez’s swearing-in for a new six-year term can be postponed if he is unable to attend due to his battle to recover from cancer surgery.
Venezuela’s opposition has demanded the government tell "the whole truth" about the health of cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez.
In today’s Venezuela, to be a rightist is out of fashion and opposition candidate Henrique Capriles has found his inner socialist.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he believes he has beaten cancer and will be strong enough to rule for another six years if he wins re-election.
Hugo Chavez has denied that Venezuela is a threat to the US, after Barack Obama was accused for playing down the risk posed by the socialist leader.
Venezuela’s president has registered to run for a third term in October, publicising it with an open-top parade and folk-song performance.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home after 11 days of cancer treatment in Cuba, saying his latest round of radiation therapy was successful.
Venezuela is a country that still faces a host of major challenges but its citizens remain united against military rule.
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez claims to have information about a plot to assassinate his opposition rival Henrique Capriles ahead of elections.
President Hugo Chávez bid Venezuelans an emotional farewell as he departed for Cuba for surgery to remove a tumour he says is probably malignant.
Hugo Chavez to face stiff competition from youthful presidential hopeful.
President Hugo Chavez says an unidentified nuclear-powered submarine was chased from Venezuelan territorial waters by his navy this week.
In a move that will make the finances of Venezuela even murkier, President Hugo Chávez has announced he will nationalise the country’s gold industry.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez vowed to win re-election next year, saying his struggle with cancer is helping to strengthen his political movement.
In his continued fight against cancer, President Hugo Chávez has announced his plans to fly back to Cuba to begin chemotherapy.
In his first live appearance since undergoing emergency pelvic surgery in Cuba on June 10, Chávez said doctors had removed "cancerous cells".
Venezuela’s President Chávez hasn’t been since an operation on June 10, sparking rumours that he is either very ill — or plotting a political ambush.
When former minister Barbara Hogan, expressed fears about rising "authoritarian populism" in the ANC alliance, she attracted attention.
Residents of the village on Chuao in mountainous northern Venezuela simply say: behold the world’s best cocoa.
President Hugo Chávez has urged Venezuelans to cut their calories — the latest lifestyle recommendation by the socialist crusader.