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Venezuela Elections

Venezuela Condemns Obama Comments

AP | JORGE RUEDA | Posted 05.05.2013 | World

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's government on Saturday angrily rejected comments made by U.S. President Barack Obama about the South American countr...

Maduro To Be Sworn In Amid Audit Of Contested Vote

Reuters | Posted 04.20.2013 | World

By Daniel Wallis and Brian Ellsworth CARACAS, April 19 (Reuters) - Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in as Venezuela's president on Friday ...

U.S. Won't Recognize Venezuelan President Elect

AP | BRADLEY KLAPPER | Posted 04.17.2013 | World

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is refusing to recognize Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro and says a recount of this week's elect...

Maduro: U.S. To Blame For Post-Election Violence

AP | VIVIAN SEQUERA AND FABIOLA SANCHEZ | Posted 04.17.2013 | World

CARACAS, Venezuela — President-elect Nicolas Maduro and his opposition rival traded accusations Tuesday over blame for post-election violence th...

Death Toll At 7 In Venezuela Post-Election Clashes

AP | Associated Press | Posted 04.17.2013 | World

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Violent protests have broken out in the provincial capital of the home state of the late President Hugo Chavez. Police have...

Challenges to Democracy: A Whisper to a Roar

Deborah Stambler | Posted 04.15.2013 | World
Deborah Stambler

During a blizzard in Kiev, Ukraine last month, director Ben Moses attended a screening of his film A Whisper To A Roar. As he made his way to the theater, he wondered if this wasn't a little crazy and if anyone would fight through the cold and snow to come see the film.

The Venezuelan Earthquake

Javier Corrales | Posted 04.15.2013 | World
Javier Corrales

Maduro is being declared the winner, and thus, the man in charge of reconstruction. But he is emerging from this election far weaker rather than the "official loser," Capriles. This seems to be the wrong way to start the reconstruction effort.

Venezuelan Presidential Candidate's Twitter Account Hacked

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 04.14.2013 | World

The Associated Press / The Huffington Post CARACAS, Venezuela (AP/The Huffington Post) -- The Twitter account of Venezuela governing party candidat...

My Wish: May Venezuelans Achieve What Cubans Failed to Do

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 04.14.2013 | World
Yoani Sanchez

The fact that Sunday, Venezuelans can go to the polls and decide with their votes the immediate future of their nation, is something that was taken from Cubans a long time ago. Comparing our situations, Venezuelans are left with the hope of maybe... Cubans, the frustrations of never.

Déjà Vu? Washington's War on Cuba and Venezuela: From the Kissinger Files to 'Cable Gate'

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 04.14.2013 | World
Nikolas Kozloff

If Nicolás Maduro wins on Sunday, as expected, Hugo Chávez's heir apparent will probably deepen Cuba ties even further, thus demonstrating once again the complete and utter bankruptcy of U.S. foreign policy.

At Chavez's Tomb, A Quiet Place To Idolize Late President

AP | ALEXANDRA OLSON | Posted 04.14.2013 | World

CARACAS, Venezuela -- The tour of the military museum that holds Hugo Chavez's remains begins like any other. A guide holding a small red placard info...

Venezuelans Choose Between Chavez Heir Or Fresh Start

AP | FRANK BAJAK and ALEXANDRA OLSON | Posted 04.15.2013 | World

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan electoral officials say voters have narrowly elected Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor as president in a razor...

Venezuela Heads To The Polls

AP | Posted 04.14.2013 | World

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Trucks blaring bugle calls have awoken Venezuelans long before dawn in a traditional election day get-out-the-vote tactic by the...

Maduro's Lead Shrinks

AP | ALEXANDRA OLSON | Posted 04.14.2013 | World

CARACAS, Venezuela — Nicolas Maduro hopes to ride a tide of grief into Venezuela's special presidential election Sunday and win voters' endorsem...

Maduro: Venezuela Opposition Are 'Heirs To Hitler'

Agence France Presse | | Posted 03.31.2013 | World

Interim Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has attacked supporters of his rival in the April 14 presidential election as being the "heirs of Hitler."...

Venezuela Election Heats Up In Final Weeks

AP | CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER | Posted 03.29.2013 | World

CARACAS, Venezuela — It's Holy Week in Venezuela, a time when millions traditionally take a welcome pause from work and politics to go on vacati...

An Open Letter to Henrique Capriles

Diego Arria | Posted 05.19.2013 | World
Diego Arria

On the occasion of your decision to run for president as the opposition Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD) candidate in the forthcoming April 14 Venezuelan presidential election, I feel I must share some personal reflections with you.

Maduro Urges Obama To Halt CIA Assassination 'Plot' In Venezuela

Reuters | Posted 05.17.2013 | World

By Daniel Wallis CARACAS, March 17 (Reuters) - Venezuela's acting president urged U.S. President Barack Obama to stop what he called a...

Nicolás Maduro's Upperhand As Chávez 'Heredero'

VOXXI | W. Alejandro Sanchez | Posted 03.14.2013 | Latino Voices

Following the recent demise of President Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan government has called for new presidential elections to be held on April 14, bare...

Venezuela Election To Be Held April 14

AP | PAUL HAVEN and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 05.09.2013 | World

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelans will vote April 14 to choose a successor to Hugo Chavez, the elections commission announced Saturday as increas...

Venezuela Awaits Election Decision To Choose Chavez Replacement

AP | PAUL HAVEN and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 05.09.2013 | World

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelans will vote April 14 to choose a successor to Hugo Chavez, the elections commission announced Saturday as increasingly...

Maduro Will Be Interim President Until New Elections, FM Says

AP | FABIOLA SANCHEZ and FRANK BAJAK | Posted 05.05.2013 | World

CARACAS, Venezuela — Some in anguish, some in fear, Venezuelans raced for home and stocked up on food and water Tuesday after the government ann...

Chavez Opponent: 'There Is No Monarchy Here, And We Aren't In Cuba'

AP | IAN JAMES | Posted 03.10.2013 | World

By IAN JAMES, The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's opposition leader said Tuesday that the Supreme Court should rule in a dispute...

This Holiday Season, Let's Remember Venezuela's Political Prisoners

Joel D. Hirst | Posted 02.27.2013 | World
Joel D. Hirst

There's a holiday tradition in Venezuela where the president pardons a group of prisoners as an act of generosity. This year, as recently reelected President Hugo Chavez's cancer worsens, Vice President and acting President Nicolas Maduro has yet to act on this important tradition.

Six Points to Watch after Chávez's Cancer Announcement

Christopher Sabatini | Posted 02.19.2013 | World
Christopher Sabatini

Amid questions surrounding his health, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez named Vice President Nicolás Maduro as his successor. Here are six major things to watch in the next few months.