Army Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chavez, who headed a 1992 attempted coup ... (Agence France-Presse) Chavez emerged from prison in 1994 as a popular populist figure. He enjoyed financial support ...

“It’s a whole lot cheaper than starting a war.” September 15, 2005 – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez delivers a fiery speech to the UN General Assembly, criticizing the United Nations as ...

BOGOTÁ — Latin America's best people in government were always ... These included the Peronists in Argentina, Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, Evo Morales in Bolivia, Lula da Silva in Brazil, José ...

Hugo Chavez, famous for his bombastic anti-US rants, blasted plastic surgeons for pressuring women into having surgery they can't afford. Venezuela's populist president has identified a new plague ...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called Israel a “genocidal state” during nationally broadcast comments following violent clashes aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla. CARACAS, Venezuela (JTA ...

Hugo Chavez’s passionate fight for peace, social equity, justice and dignity, and his commitment to changing the lives of the poorest of the poor have been written in gold for historians to write home ...

In a post on X, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel recalled the legacy of Hugo Chávez, "Cuba's best friend", 12 years after ...

Before Nicólas Maduro, Venezuela was led by Hugo Chávez, who was buddies with ... He was thus a textbook socialist of a variety best described in the 1986 book, Third World Ideology and Western ...

Supporters of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez rally in Caracas Thursday ahead of Sunday's elections. Supporters are wearing red, the color of the ruling Socialist party. Chávez is in a tight ...