Venezuela Elections

Election Year in Venezuela

Stephanie Kennedy | Posted 04.26.2012

Stephanie Kennedy

This year in Venezuela is a general election year and like in any country when general elections occur, it becomes a drawn out year of circus-like journalism.

Chavez Re-Emerges On TV

AP | Posted 05.04.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez revealed Sunday that a new tumor recently removed from his pelvic region was of the same ...

Chavez: 'We're Here In Battle'

AP | Posted 05.01.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made his first live communication with his country's news media in nearly a week Thursday,...

VP Releases Details On Chavez's Surgery

AP | PETER ORSI | Posted 05.29.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Doctors successfully extracted a tumor from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's pelvic region and he was stable and recover...

Surgery Opens Election Door

AP | CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER | Posted 04.27.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Throughout his presidency, Hugo Chavez has relied on his vigor and endurance: playing baseball, speaking for hours at a st...

Jewish Group: Chavez Foe A Target Of Anti-Semitism

AP | CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER | Posted 04.18.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela — Prominent Jewish groups urged President Hugo Chavez on Friday to prevent what they called anti-Semitic attacks on the oppos...

Groups: Chavez Foe Victim Of Anti-Semitism

Reuters | Posted 04.18.2012

By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Two prominent U.S.-based Jewish organizations condemned on Friday as anti-Semitism a w...

Chavez To Opponent: 'Take Advantage Of Carnival And Dress Up As A Chavista'

AP | CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER | Posted 04.16.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez accused the opposition's presidential candidate Wednesday of concealing his ideological leani...

Venezuelan Court Blocks Destruction Of Controversial Voter Lists

AP | FABIOLA SANCHEZ | Posted 04.15.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered opposition electoral officials not to destroy lists of voters following primar...

Chavez's Challengers Prepare For Political Battle In Venezuela

AP | FABIOLA SANCHEZ | Posted 04.08.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Outmatched time and again at the polls by President Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan's opposition leaders are trying a new strategy...

Is This The Man To Beat Hugo Chavez?

Posted 02.03.2012

Both charismatic and polarizingly opinionated, Hugo Chávez arguably has been the most outspoken and identifiable leader in Latin America during his 1...

Chavez Fills Venezuela's Top Posts

AP | FABIOLA SANCHEZ | Posted 03.28.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez has been filling top posts in Venezuela's armed forces with hardline political loyalists, raising con...

Venezuela's Lopez Quits Presidential Race

AP | FABIOLA SANCHEZ | Posted 03.25.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela — Opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez bowed out of Venezuela's presidential race on Tuesday, saying he will support his lead...

Video Captures Attack On Venezuelan Candidate

Posted 11.14.2011

A video posted on YouTube this past weekend depicts a frightening attack against Venezuelan opposition candidate, Maria Corina Machado, who is running...

Chavez Slaps $2 Million Fine On Critics

AP | By IAN JAMES | Posted 12.20.2011

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Opponents of President Hugo Chavez have been hit with a double-blow this week: a court ruling that threatens to sink the preside...

Chavez Foe Launches Presidential Bid In Venezuela

AP | JORGE RUEDA | Posted 11.24.2011

CARACAS, Venezuela — A Venezuelan opposition leader launched his presidential campaign Saturday, challenging President Hugo Chavez to accept him...

Hugo Chavez Might Face Tough Competition In Upcoming Elections

AP | CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER | Posted 11.10.2011

LA RAIZA, Venezuela — The rival who could pose the greatest threat to President Hugo Chavez may be the only politician in Venezuela who almost n...

A Look Back At 12 Years Of Hugo Chavez

GlobalPost | John Otis | Posted 09.18.2011

CARACAS, Venezuela — With President Hugo Chavez on the mend from cancer surgery, Venezuelans are debating whether he will be strong enough to campai...

Hugo Chavez's Party Loses Its Supermajority In Venezuela Elections

chicagotribune.com | Mery Mogollon and Chris Kraul | Posted 05.25.2011

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's ruling Socialist Party won a majority in parliamentary elections, but the opposition surpassed the crucial one-thir...

Hugo Chavez's Popularity Hits Seven-Year Low

AP | By FABIOLA SANCHEZ | Posted 08.04.2011

CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez's allies launched their campaigns Wednesday for crucial congressional elections that come just as recessio...