
Ahmadinejad under fire for hugging Chavez's mother
Senior Iranian clerics have scolded President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for consoling Hugo Chavez's mother with a hug - a physical contact considered a sin ...

Chavez tattoos, kitsch in demand since death
Business has never been better for Eudis Carrillo. Sure, he's heartbroken over the death of his hero Hugo Chavez, but there's precious little time for ...

Last anti-Chavez TV station to be sold
The last remaining television station critical of Venezuela's government is being sold to an insurance company owner who is apparently friendly with ...

Venezuela's political divisions spill into streets
Under a three-story-tall banner blaring "You are all Chavez," Jose Rafael Hernandez crouched low with a can of spray paint, outlining on a wall a ...

Hand-picked Chavez successor registers in election
Thousands of cheering, crying admirers accompanied President Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor Monday as he registered to be a candidate to replace ...
US expels 2 Venezuelan diplomats
The Obama administration has expelled two Venezuelan diplomats in retaliation for Venezuela's expulsion of two U.S. military attaches.

Fidel Castro laments loss of 'best friend,' Chavez
Retired leader Fidel Castro broke nearly a week of silence since the death of friend and ally Hugo Chavez, saying Monday that Cuba has lost its "best ...

Venezuela candidate: Govt exploits Chavez death
Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles on Sunday launched what many consider a doomed candidacy to replace Hugo Chavez with a no-holds-barred ...

Venezuela sets presidential election for April 14
Venezuelans will vote April 14 to choose a successor to Hugo Chavez, the elections commission announced Saturday as increasingly strident political ...

Preservation of Venezuelan leader's body not easy
No one lives forever — nor do they last forever. At least not without a lot of tuneups. As much as it may seem like the bodies of famous world leaders ...
Venezuela sets April 14 for presidential election
Venezuela's electoral council has set a presidential election for April 14 to choose the successor to President Hugo Chavez. Acting President Nicolas ...

Other world leaders whose bodies are on display
World leaders whose bodies have been preserved and put on perpetual display, as Venezuela's government plans to do with Hugo Chavez: ___ VLADIMIR ...

Maduro leans on Chavez's charisma for popularity
Nicolas Maduro so far has led by imitation, seeking to fill the shoes of a president whose uncanny vigor, mischievous humor and political wiles sowed ...

Fiery funeral for Venezuela's Chavez
Hugo Chavez was lauded as a modern-day reincarnation of Latin American liberator Simon Bolivar at a fiery, foot-stomping state funeral Friday, hours ...

Nicolas Maduro sworn in as Venezuelan president
Nicolas Maduro was sworn in Friday as Venezuela's acting president, using the occasion to launch blistering attacks on the U.S. as well as the ...

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 ...

Hugo Chavez's body to be put on permanent display
Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, and now Hugo Chavez. The late leader's supporters have put him on a pedestal long provided for the world's ...

Dominican Republic beats Venezuela 9-3 in WBC
Before the Dominican Republic played its first game in the World Baseball Classic, Jose Reyes warned that the team's only goal was to win the ...

Chavez body to be put on permanent display
Hugo Chavez's body will be preserved and forever displayed inside a glass tomb at a military museum not far from the presidential palace from which ...

Venezuela: Maduro to take oath as acting president
Vice President Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in as acting president of Venezuela on Friday after a state funeral is held for Hugo Chavez, the speaker ...

The wild card in Venezuela: Armed Chavistas
The banner just inside the poor neighborhood in western Caracas reads, "Loyal to Comandante Chavez." The guard at the gate ensures no one enters ...
Chavez body to be permanently displayed
Venezuela's acting president says Hugo Chavez's embalmed body will be permanently displayed in a glass casket so that "his people will always have him

Chavez's try to be savior of poor floundered in US
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered to send thousands of soldiers, firefighters and volunteers to help ...
Oil price rises as US economy seen strengthening
Oil prices moved up slightly closer to $91 a barrel on Thursday as reports of a moderately improving U.S. economy, which suggests increased fuel ...

General: Heart attack killed a suffering Chavez
President Hugo Chavez died of a massive heart attack after great suffering and inaudibly mouthed his desire to live, the head of Venezuela's ...