
Maduro: Chavez long-term embalming unlikely
Venezuela's acting president said Wednesday that it is highly unlikely Hugo Chavez will be embalmed for permanent viewing because the decision to do ...

Morales: 'imperialists' behind Chavez death
Bolivian President Evo Morales is blaming "imperialists" for the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Morales said Tuesday that "if they can't ...
Bolivia's president defends coca-leaf chewing
Bolivia's president says the coca leaf is not cocaine, defending the practice of chewing it after securing de-facto U.N. acceptance of it in his ...

Wealthy Venezuelans shedding no tears for Chavez
In the tree-lined eastern hills of Caracas, you would never know an elaborate state funeral was in progress across town for the most popular president ...

Chavez widely mourned, but some hope change on way
Some cried, some cheered. Many Latin Americans mourned the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, leaders in Europe and Asia sent condolences, and ...

Chavez death echoes with leftists worldwide
Reactions to the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez were as mixed, polemical and outsized as the leader was in life, with some saying his ...

POPE LIVE: End of a papacy, dawn of a retirement
"Pope Live" follows the events of the final day of Pope Benedict XVI's papacy as seen by journalists from The Associated Press around the world.
HIGH ALTITUDE
Benedict never visited Bolivia as pope, but impressed one bishop with his knowledge of the poor, landlocked South American nation. The Rev.

Chavez's return spurs doubts, new speculation
President Hugo Chavez's continued silence in the week since his return to Venezuela has only deepened the mystery about his health. While tweets and ...

All eyes on Venezuelan hospital, no sign of Chavez
At Caracas' military hospital, the only outward signs that President Hugo Chavez is a patient inside are the motorcades that come and go and the ...

VP: Chavez getting 'complex and tough' treatments
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is undergoing "extremely complex and tough" treatments following cancer surgery, his vice president said Wednesday.

EU demands 'legal certainty' of Latin investments
A 60-nation summit wrapped up in Chile on Sunday with European leaders pleading for "legal certainty" and lower trade barriers between economies that ...

Venezuela prompted EU to change summit declaration
Oil-rich Venezuela scored a victory Saturday when it persuaded European delegates at a 60-nation summit to back down on a key point in the gathering's ...

Venezuelan government: Hugo Chavez recovering
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in good spirits and recovering six weeks after he underwent cancer surgery in Cuba, his government said Tuesday ...

Venezuela's VP in Havana to see Chavez, family
Venezuela's vice president flew to Cuba on Friday to visit the ailing Hugo Chavez and his family, while the leaders of Argentina and Peru also ...

Partial victory for Bolivia in coca fight
Evo Morales' global crusade to decriminalize the coca leaf, launched in 2006 after the coca growers' union leader was first elected president of ...

Venezuela holds symbolic inauguration for Chavez
Nothing shows the extent of Hugo Chavez's grip on power quite as clearly as his absence from his own inauguration Thursday. Venezuela gathered foreign ...

Venezuela lawmakers postpone Chavez swearing-in
Venezuela's opposition announced on Wednesday that it plans to ask the Supreme Court to rule on whether delaying the swearing-in of cancer-stricken ...

Venezuela opposition: Chavez secrecy feeds rumors
Venezuela's opposition demanded that the government reveal specifics of President Hugo Chavez's condition Wednesday, criticizing secrecy surrounding ...

Bolivia expropriates Spanish energy subsidiaries
President Evo Morales nationalized the Bolivian electricity distribution subsidiaries of the Spanish energy company Iberdrola in a public ceremony ...

Venezuela VP in Cuba to visit ailing Chavez
Venezuela's vice president arrived in Havana on Saturday in a sudden and unexpected trip to visit President Hugo Chavez as he recovers from cancer ...

VP says Chavez up, walking; doubts persist
Vice President Nicolas Maduro surprised Venezuelans with a Christmas Eve announcement that President Hugo Chavez is up and walking two weeks after ...

Mexico's Maya heartland greets dawn of new era
Dec. 21 started out as the prophetic day some had believed would usher in the fiery end of the world. By Friday afternoon, it had become more comic ...