as he had promised in his election campaign. Though he'd campaigned for the presidency as a militant, once in office President Hugo Chavez proved to be a bit of a puzzle. Although he spoke the ...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was sworn in for another six years ... took the oath of office at the National Assembly five weeks after being re-elected with a landslide 63% of the vote.

Venezuela's Supreme Court blocked high-profile opposition challenger Leopoldo López on Monday from running against President Hugo Chávez ... 2012, election. López, a 40-year-old US-educated ...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will face a tough election in October as his opponent Henrique Capriles has drawn huge, energized crowds. WSJ's Mary Anastasia O'Grady sits down with James Freeman ...

Anti-government activists across Venezuela are toppling giant statues of Hugo Chavez to express their anger over the alleged stealing of an election by ... we’re taking away some of their ...

Was the United States a shadowy presence in the background of the aborted coup in Venezuela in 2002? The democratically elected government of Hugo Chavez was briefly overthrown by a cabal of rich ...