These were days of marches. Huge marches. That wrapped themselves around the capital, Caracas And, in particular, the higher-class eastern side of the city. It was April 2002. President Hugo Chavez ...

CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez celebrated Tuesday's anniversary of a 1992 coup attempt that launched his political career while opposition leaders trying to oust him mourned those killed ...

Even with U.S. warships offshore, the strongman has prevailed in efforts to unseat him—purging, spying and paying off ...

Jordan Goudreau, a former U.S. Green Beret involved in a failed 2020 armed incursion into Venezuela, has alleged that the CIA ...

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 -- President Hugo Chavez was a fighter. The former paratroop commander and fiery populist waged continual battle for his socialist ideals and outsmarted his rivals time and again, ...

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 ...

María Corina Machado, the famed ‘Iron Lady’ of Venezuela’s opposition, was announced the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Friday ...

Chavez repeatedly proved himself a political survivor. As an army paratroop commander, he led a failed coup in 1992, then was pardoned and elected president in 1998. He survived a coup against his own ...

Hugo Chavez speaks to people gathered at the Plaza Caracas on Feb. 4, 1998 in Caracas, Venezuela during celebrations for the anniverary of the 1992 coup. A ban on visiting the United States and the ...

EL ESPINAL, Venezuela, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday warned private media he would shut them down if they promote a bid to topple him he says is planned after his ...

Call for peaceful protests against new laws Chavez says decree powers to deal with floods CARACAS, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition accused President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday of a "coup ...