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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 ...
A day of tears after Chavez death in Venezuela
By the hundreds of thousands, Hugo Chavez's tearful supporters carried their dead president through streets still plastered with his smiling image, ...
Venezuela petro-allies nervous over Chavez's death
Cubans remember the so-called Special Period of the 1990s, when the Soviet Union's sudden collapse plunged the island into years of economic ...
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 ...
Oil recovers some losses on upbeat Fed report
The price of oil regained some of its earlier losses on Wednesday after a report from the Federal Reserve showed the economy strengthened across much ...
Little reaction in oil market to Chavez death
Oil markets are taking the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in their stride, with the price of crude little changed Wednesday. By early ...
Chavez death: Venezuelans in US hopeful of change
Venezuelans in the U.S. cheered and expressed cautious optimism that new elections will bring change to their homeland after the death of President ...
Quotes about the death of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez
A selection of quotes from world leaders and ordinary citizens about the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. "We have lost a revolutionary, but ...
Asia stocks rise after Dow hits new all-time high
The Dow's new all-time high and better economic data from the United States propelled Asian stock markets higher Wednesday. Markets continued to shrug ...
Venezuela's Chavez dies, officials call for unity
Some in anguish, some in fear, Venezuelans raced for home and stocked up on food and water Tuesday after the government announced the death of ...
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 ...
Foreign minister: VP Maduro is interim president
Venezuela's foreign minister said Tuesday that Vice President Nicolas Maduro will be interim president in the wake of Hugo Chavez's death and run as ...
Hugo Chavez, fiery Venezuelan leader, dies at 58
President Hugo Chavez was a former paratroop commander and self-styled "subversive" who waged continual battle for his socialist ideals. He bedeviled ...
Nicolas Maduro, loyal spokesman, to succeed Chavez
Vice President Nicolas Maduro is taking over leadership of Hugo Chavez's political movement after the socialist leader died Tuesday at age 58 ...
AP Photos: A look at key moments in Dow history
The Dow Jones industrial average often makes headlines. But let's not forget everything else that happened as the Dow has twisted and turned — from ...
A look at Hugo Chavez's life
NAME: Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias. TITLE: President of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. BORN: July 28, 1954, in rural town of Sabaneta in plains of ...
Venezuelans pour into streets to mourn Hugo Chavez
Hundreds of anguished Venezuelans poured into the streets of downtown Caracas crying, hugging each other and shouting slogans in support of President ...
Chavez's cancer fight: a glance at cancer struggle
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has undergone surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation treatment since June 2011 for an undisclosed type of pelvic ...
Key dates in Hugo Chavez's political life
Key events in Hugo Chavez's life: Feb. 4, 1992 — Army paratrooper Lt. Col. Chavez leads botched coup against President Carlos Andres Perez.
Members of Hugo Chavez's inner circle
Key players within Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's inner circle: — Nicolas Maduro, vice president: One of most visible and resilient leaders of ...
Hugo Chavez, fiery Venezuelan leader
President Hugo Chavez was a fighter. The former paratroop commander and fiery populist waged continual battle for his socialist ideals and outsmarted ...
Venezuela to expel US Embassy official
Venezuela's vice president, Nicolas Maduro, says the government of President Hugo Chavez plans to expel a U.S. Embassy official for meeting with ...
Venezuela: Chavez hit by new, severe infection
A severe new respiratory infection has hit cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez and his condition is "very delicate," Venezuela's government says.
Venezuela investigates slaying of indigenous chief
Venezuelan authorities launched an investigation on Monday into the shooting death of an Indian leader who had repeatedly requested government ...
Honduran cardinal presents complex figure
To many, Honduran Cardinal Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga embodies the activist wing of the Roman Catholic Church as an outspoken campaigner of human ...