Venezuelan president promotes military rebels

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 14:26

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is promoting several military officers who participated in a failed 1992 rebellion led by the late leader Hugo Chavez.

Venezuela blacked out by huge power cut

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 14:52

Caracas and other cities in Venezuela plunged into darkness as a power cut hit just as the President was speaking on TV and radio, with local elections five days away.

Venezuela to have ‘ministry of happiness’: President

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 21:10

It may sound bizarre to many, but Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday announced to create Deputy Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness in the country.

Venezuela`s Maduro to seek decree powers in graft

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 10:24

Venezuela`s President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday he will ask for decree powers last used by his predecessor Hugo Chavez to ramp up a fight against corruption that has begun to cost him politically with supporters.

Maduro compares Chavez to Christ

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 10:59

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro compared Hugo Chavez to Christ and said that the late president, just like Jesus, "came to protect those who had nothing", in a tribute to the fallen leader on the fifth death anniversary.

Fidel knew Chavez was dying: Ecuadorian president

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 12:51

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa says Cuba`s Fidel Castro told him in December 2012 that then-Venezuelan head of state Hugo Chavez would be dead within months.

Venezuela celebrates birthday of late leader Chavez

Last Updated: Monday, July 29, 2013, 09:59

Hugo Chavez died five months ago, but that hasn`t stopped his hand-picked successor from holding week-long festivities honoring the late Venezuelan leader`s birthday.

Venezuela`s Chavez posthumously gets journalism award

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 21:09

One of the daughters of the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez received an unusual posthumous award for her father: the Simon Bolivar National Award for Journalism.

Hugo Chavez given Venezuela journalism prize

Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2013, 09:25

The late Venezuelan Prez Hugo Chavez has been awarded the country`s National Journalism Prize even though he was accused of persecuting the press.

Photo of Hugo Chavez`s daughter with actor causes sensation

Last Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 10:40

Maria Chavez has caused a sensation in the media due to a photograph showing her with soap opera actor Manuel "Coco" Sosa.

Maduro sworn in as Venezuelan president

Last Updated: Saturday, April 20, 2013, 00:52

Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as president of Venezuela on Friday, taking the oath of office in the memory of the late Hugo Chavez to cheers in the National Assembly.

Maduro certified as election winner amid protests

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 13:12

Venezuela`s government-friendly electoral council quickly certified the razor-thin presidential victory of Hugo Chavez`s hand-picked successor Monday.