Hugo Chavez

Arbitrary Center Ordered Venezuela to Pay Vestey Group Nearly $100 Million

ICSID ordered Venezuela to pay Vestey Group close to $100 million (£70 million) for taking over its...

Apr 22, 2016 09:41 AM EDT

Venezuela opposition wins majority in legislature after 17 years

Venezuela's opposition was sworn in today as the majority in the National Assembly. It's the first t...

Jan 06, 2016 05:50 AM EST

U.S. to charge Venezuela's National Guard chief with drug trafficking

U.S. prosecutors are preparing to unveil drug trafficking charges against the head of Venezuela's Na...

Dec 15, 2015 10:15 PM EST

Venezuela's president calls for prosecution of business leader Mendoza

Venezuela's president on Sunday urged legal action against billionaire businessman Lorenzo Mendoza o...

Oct 19, 2015 04:29 AM EDT

Lula throws weight behind Scioli's bid for Argentina presidency

Brazil's popular but scandal-weary former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva endorsed Argentina's ruli...

Sep 10, 2015 02:03 AM EDT

Venezuela's struggling socialists hold primaries for parliamentary vote

Venezuela's ruling socialists held primaries on Sunday ahead of December's parliamentary election th...

Jun 28, 2015 11:08 AM EDT

Venezuela stages military exercise to counter U.S. 'threat'

Venezuela on Saturday staged a military exercise to counter an alleged U.S. threat, deploying soldie...

Mar 15, 2015 03:35 AM EDT

Venezuela's Maduro says may go to U.S. to challenge Obama

Ridiculing the U.S. qualification of Venezuela as a security threat, President Nicolas Maduro said o...

Mar 13, 2015 07:02 PM EDT

Mind your manners, Venezuela tells U.S. official Jacobson

Venezuela's top diplomat called a senior U.S. official "petulant" and ill-mannered on Wednesday in r...

Mar 11, 2015 06:28 PM EDT

U.S. declares Venezuela a national security threat, sanctions top officials

The United States on Monday declared Venezuela a national security threat and ordered sanctions agai...

Mar 09, 2015 06:57 PM EDT

Maduro says Venezuela captures U.S. citizens linked to espionage

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday his government had captured Americans, includin...

Feb 28, 2015 08:46 PM EST

Venezuela's ruling Socialists target another opposition leader

Socialist Party legislators called on Monday for a probe of another Venezuelan opposition leader acc...

Feb 23, 2015 05:36 PM EST

Violence flares in Venezuela on anniversary of 2014 fatalities

Venezuelan security forces faced off with stone-wielding protesters on Thursday as supporters of Pre...

Feb 12, 2015 09:26 PM EST

Venezuela's Maduro moves foreign minister Ramirez to U.N.

President Nicolas Maduro named powerful Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez to a new post as envoy to th...

Dec 27, 2014 08:27 AM EST

Venezuela to charge opposition leader over alleged plot to kill Maduro

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will be charged next week with involvement in an a...

Nov 26, 2014 10:54 PM EST

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