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Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was an important "revolutionary fighter" who supported the cause of the Palestinians.
Venezuelan authorities are investigating the shooting death of an opponent of President Hugo Chavez.
President Hugo Chavez's popularity has slipped and a majority of Venezuelans view the situation in their country negatively, according to a poll published Tuesday.
Former lightweight champion David Diaz returned from a 15-month absence to earn a majority decision victory over Jesus Chavez on Saturday night.
Venezuelan prosecutors have opened a criminal probe into a television channel opposed to President Hugo Chavez.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received a movie star welcome at the Venice Film Festival, where he walked the red carpet with director Oliver Stone for the premiere of the documentary "South of the Border."
Thousands of opponents of Hugo Chavez marched against the Venezuelan president across Latin America on Friday, accusing him of everything from authoritarianism to international meddling.
The State Department spokesman, a once-a-week golfer, teed off Wednesday on President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela for criticizing the gentleman's game as a "bourgeois sport."
President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday condemned an attack on an opposition-aligned TV station that he has threatened with closure, announcing that one of his radical supporters was detained for allegedly taking part in the assault.
The coup in Honduras has shown the limits to Hugo Chavez's power in the region, as Latin America looks to Washington to resolve the ordeal.
A judge handling one of Venezuela's most politically charged cases said Monday that she was fired after complaining about pressure to rule against an opponent of President Hugo Chavez.
The mayor of Venezuela's capital ended a hunger strike Wednesday after the head of the Organization of American States agreed to meet with him and other opposition leaders to discuss moves by the government they say erode their authority.
The City Council voted Wednesday to rename 39th Avenue as Cesar Chavez Boulevard after a two-year debate that brought charges of racism and government heavy-handedness, and groans from residents who wanted the late Hispanic labor leader honored elsewhere.
Thousands of Venezuelans held separate protests Saturday to support and condemn an opposition-aligned TV station that President Hugo Chavez's government has threatened with closure.
Athletics third baseman Eric Chavez had back surgery Tuesday, a season-ending procedure he hopes will salvage his career.
Mariners outfielder Endy Chavez is done for the season and likely won't be ready when spring training begins next year following a violent collision that shredded his right knee.
Venezuela's telecommunications regulator asked prosecutors on Tuesday to determine if an opposition-aligned television network is responsible for a talk show guest's suggestion that foes might kill President Hugo Chavez.
President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday threatened to sanction private banks that fail to collaborate with his government's regulations as it moves toward a socialist economy.
President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday alleged that U.S. intelligence agencies were behind a purported assassination plot that prevented him from visiting El Salvador.
Venezuela's tax agency ordered an anti-government news network to pay $2.3 million in back taxes on Friday, a day after its president was charged in a separate investigation and troops raided his home.
President Hugo Chavez says he has a new book for President Barack Obama: "What is to be Done?" by communist Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet state.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday backed away from a direct debate with prominent critics a day after he invited Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa and other Latin American intellectuals to join him on live television this weekend.
There's nothing Hugo Chavez relishes more than addressing the nation for hours on end, and on Thursday the loquacious Venezuelan leader seized the airwaves like never before.
Venezuelan prosecutors said Thursday they will arraign the president of an opposition television station on charges related to his car dealership business.
Chavez tells Venezuelans: Do sit-ups, eat wellCARACAS, Venezuela - Call it the Bolivarian battle of the bulge. President Hugo Chavez said in a televised speech Friday that "there are lots of fat people" in Venezuela and advised his supporters to exercise and eat healthy to trim their waistlines.
Chavez steps up Colombia rhetoricVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez has urged his armed forces to be prepared for possible war with Colombia amid growing diplomatic and border tensions.
Chavez Says Venezuela to Prepare for War as Deterrent to U.S. led AttackVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the military and civil militias today to prepare for war as a deterrent to a U.S.-led attack after American troops gained access to military bases in neighboring Colombia.
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez accuses State of Israel of Palestinian GenocideHC re Gaza: "The question is not whether the Israelis want to exterminate the Palestinians. They're doing it openly ...What was it if not genocide? ... The Israelis were looking for an excuse to exterminate the Palestinians."
Crushing the media by Ralph PetersLeft's global drive for control The Obama administration's un-American attempt to vilify Fox News only increased the network's popularity. But this White House debacle can't be judged in isolation: There's a global leftwing assault on the freedom of information.
Sean Penn, Chavez May Make MoviePenn may shoot a film based on a novel by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier, which is set largely in the jungle along Venezuela's southern Orinoco river, Chavez said.
Venezuela's Chavez Pronounces Socialism 'God's Kingdom On Earth'"Every day I am more convinced that socialism is the kingdom of God here on earth," he said. "Every day I'm more revolutionary, more socialist every day," he said. "I'm taking Venezuela toward socialism, the people and workers."
BBC NEWS | Americas | Colombian football team 'killed'Members of a Columbian football team kidnapped two weeks ago have been found dead in Venezuela. Local authorities have confirmed this and have set blame on the Columbian rebels,ELN, who have the support of the Chavez administration.
Jim DeMint: What I Heard in Honduras: The US, and Venezuela, are backing a megalomaniac; The Hondurans don't want him there. - WSJ.comWhile the White House and the State Department continue to insist that Honduras removed its president Manuel Zelaya in a coup, Senator Jim DeMint decided to do something rather basic — ask the Hondurans what happened. John Kerry attempted to stop DeMint from traveling to Hon …
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.comGlenn Greenwald gives his critical view on Obama winning Nobel Peace Prize. Personally I have mixed feelings. Warning: Some brutal pictures
What's Behind Sen. Kerry's Honduras Information Ban? According to Congressional travel records, House and Senate members spent 6,910 days on "official travel" overseas in the first three-quarters of 2009, spending an estimated $9.4 million.
Chavez-Russia Ties Spark So. American Arms RaceUS-Russia diplomacy is dominated by issues such as Iran, missile defence, and the post-Soviet republics. But the Obama administration must not ignore Moscow's role in facilitating the dangerous Venezuelan arms build-up and the nuclear ambitions of Hugo Chavez.
Mary Anastasia O'Grady: Revolutionary Anti-Semitism - WSJ.com"Sometimes I ask myself if Hitler wasn't right when he wanted to finish with that race, through the famous holocaust, because if there are people that are harmful to this country, they are the Jews, the Israelites.
NEW: The trip to Honduras is over Link OLD: What Illinois representative is attempting: U.S. Rep. Roskam's Honduras stance reinforced OLD: UPDATE Report On Visit Music: The Tide Is High LINK No connection to Honduras The situation in Honduras is heating up.
Three Dangerous Stooges (Ahmadinejad, Gadhafi, and Chavez)Last week, three dictators -- from Iran, Libya and Venezuela -- delivered lunatic hate speeches at the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Repeating history - Washington TimesNineteen thirty-nine was not a good year. World War II started, and much of the world was still in the Depression. The leaders of too many countries were either despots or naive and weak.
Shooting down CIA agents or DEA agents or US-contracted mercenariesThe President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez is considering a bill that will allow their country to shoot down planes, known to be carrying drugs, and that includes U.S. planes.
Chavez and Gaddafi urge redefining of "terrorism"Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi have joined forces to urge the world to redefine "terrorism".
Chavez seeks Africa's help for new world order Chavez said Europe and the United States were empires that have imposed poverty on much of the world.
An undemocratic tide in the Americas :: Newt GingrichWhat is the Obama administration thinking?
Sometimes I wonder. The man we have elected as the leader of the free world and his cronies are indoctrinating our children, taking Jesus out of religious songs and inserting dear leader Obama's name.
Chavez and Iran The Doomsday BrothersJust when you thought you could trust a communist.
Obama's Time Warp: The U.S. Is Still the Bad Guy :: Michael BaroneIn the early 1980s, while planning a vacation in Latin America, I went to bookstores to look for histories of the region.
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