The nine fields discovered in the last year are thought to hold 50 billion to 80 billion barrels of light crude — more than four times Brazil’s current...

Human Rights Watch, a US-based group claiming to be a non-governmental organization, but which is in fact funded by government-linked quasi-private foundations and a...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is calling the U.S. financial crisis a failure of free-market capitalism.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made his second whirlwind visit to Cuba in less than a week and met behind closed doors for two and a half hours with ailing former...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made a surprise visit to Cuba late Saturday and wasted little time heading into a closed-door meeting with President Raul Castro and...

In much of the popular political debate in English speaking media, issues of defense and economy often shape the question of what is considered a democracy. Defensive...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez began a five-nation tour Sunday with a stop in Cuba to visit ailing former leader Fidel Castro.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has observed military exercises with planes dropping bombs and commandos resisting a mock invasion.

The United States on Friday accused three members of anti-American Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s inner circle of aiding Colombian rebels by supplying arms...

President Hugo Chavez said his government has uncovered a plot to overthrow him and detained a group of alleged conspirators.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez urges Russia to increase its investment in his country as Venezuelan government has pushed western investors out from the state and...

In speech after speech, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stares at the television camera and unleashes a hail of colorful insults against his opponents.

President Hugo Chavez met with Jewish leaders on Wednesday, pledging to work together against anti-Semitism and open up channels of communication despite differences on...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is defending a decision to prevent 272 officials from running in November’s local elections.

Venezuela has sent 70 million liters (18.5 million gallons) of diesel fuel to support Paraguay’s incoming president.

The decrees declared by Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez:

El mandatario venezolano destaca el buen clima de entendimiento con el Gobierno español y la amistad que mantiene “desde el primer día” con Juan Carlos...

Venezuela’s government denied on Wednesday that President Hugo Chavez invited Russia to open a military base in his country, disputing a report by Russia’s...

Venezuela signed over three more oil fields to a joint venture with Belarus on Wednesday, with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declaring that the two nations were...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, visiting Moscow to pursue weapons and energy deals, on Tuesday called for a strategic alliance with Russia to protect his country from...