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.

Barbara Walters interviews Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. March 15, 2007 — -- ABC News' Barbara Walters sits down with President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela for an interview in which Chavez ...

Following the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, scores of mourners took to the streets of Caracas to mourn his death. Chavez died at 58 following after a battle with cancer. Seven days of ...

1975 – Joins Venezuela’s Army. 1990 – Lieutenant Colonel in the Venezuelan Army. February 4, 1992-March 26, 1994 – Is imprisoned for a coup attempt against President Carlos Andres Perez. 1994 – Forms ...

Like his idol, Fidel Castro, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was one of the most garrulous and pugnacious leaders Latin America has ever known. That makes his death in Caracas today, March 5, at age ...

There was a time when the world spoke of “Venezuelan Exceptionalism.” For nearly half a century—while Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay were military dictatorships, the Andean nations ...

U.S. officials tie seized Venezuelan oil and expropriated assets to funding for Maduro’s regime; critics call the blockade an armed attempt to collect old corporate debts.

Update, Tuesday, 5:07 p.m. Eastern: Hugo Chavez is dead. Click here for more updates. Original post: He's been defying the odds for months now, but the latest reports on the condition of Venezuelan ...

Venezuela’s government has announced that it plans to embalm the body of recently deceased leader Hugo Chavez, so that it may displayed in a glass coffin “eternally” and inspire Venezuelans to keep ...

Venezuelan defectors are exposing Maduro's Cartel of the Suns as a Cuban-orchestrated narco-terrorist network targeting the U.S.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuela’s opposition candidate in next month’s presidential election criticized President Hugo Chavez on Sunday for crying during a speech and saying he missed having the ...