The socialist leader had been in power since 1998. March 5, 2013— -- Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez died today at 4:25 p.m., Caracas time, according to Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez was a former paratroop commander and self-styled "subversive" who waged continual battle for his socialist ideals. He bedeviled the United States and ...

According to reports of the newspaper ABC from Spain, the only thing that is keeping the Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez alive, is artificial life support in the hospital in Havana, Cuba, where he ...

Maduro has survived predictions and ridicule, but along the way, Venezuela lost millions of inhabitants, 72% of its economy, ...

Ever since Hugo Chávez came to power in 1998, the United States has attempted  to overthrow the Bolivarian Revolution. They have triedeverything short of a full-scale military invasion: a military ...

Among the most politically polarizing figures in modern times, Venezuelan “president” Hugo Chávez has had the rare distinction of sharing the worldwide stage with other high-energy luminaries like ...

On Jan. 10, as he led the presidential inauguration that wasn’t, Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro—the heir apparent of cancer-stricken socialist President Hugo Chávez—addressed the crowd in ...

Update, Tuesday, 5:07 p.m. Eastern: Hugo Chavez is dead. Click here for more updates. Original post: Venezuela's vice president went on TV Thursday evening to bat back rumors that Hugo Chávez has died ...

Hugo Chávez, the controversial leftist revolutionary who rose to become president of Venezuela on failed promises of elevating the poor, died on Tuesday afternoon, according to his vice president and ...

The putative parallelism of a U.S. military operation in Venezuela and Putin’s invasion of Ukraine could reinforce the ...