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.

My life changed forever when I met Hugo Chávez,” Prensa Latina reported in a 2023 story on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro describing his 30-year close friendship with his predecessor. “An ...

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 ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Javier Corrales, author of a book on Hugo Chavez and a professor at Amherst College, about the legacy of Chavez's rule in Venezuela today. In some ways, not much has ...

The death of Venezuela´s President provides an opening for moderate Brazil March. 7, 2013— -- A few hours after Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro ruefully announced Chavez's death on ...

The image of Hugo Chávez, the founder of Venezuela’s socialist revolution, still looms large across the country. He gazes from murals, paintings and posters. His speeches are played on state ...

Although socialist President Hugo Chávez routed his centrist challenger, Henrique Capriles Radonski, 55% to 45% in Sunday’s presidential election in Venezuela, the opposition can take some consolation ...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez died Tuesday from complications related to a near two-year battle with cancer. He was 58. Chávez, a populist firebrand who has defined a whole era of Latin American ...

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2005 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez wears a Mexican sombrero as he sings a Mexican ranchera song at a rally in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuela's Vice President ...

For the first time Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez named a successor; a sign that his battle against cancer may force an end to his 14-year rule Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez returns to Cuba on ...