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Rev. Jesse Jackson prays for improved U.S.-Venezuelan relationship at Chavez funeral
Hollywood star Sean Penn, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson and a pair of US politicians joined mourners at Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez’s funeral Friday, with the reverend praying for better US-Venezuelan relations. A somber-looking Penn, wearing a black suit and tie, sat among the crowd of foreign dignitaries who paid…
Obama on the death of Hugo Chavez: We support the Venezuelan people
President Barack Obama said within hours of the death of American foe President Hugo Chavez Tuesday that the United States was interested in a “constructive” future relationship with Venezuela. Antipathy in the US Congress towards the leftist champion Chavez, who died after a long battle with cancer, meanwhile bubbled up…
Hugo Chavez’s health still in question as supporters cheer recovery pictures
Images of a smiling but bedridden Hugo Chavez — the first direct proof of life after an almost ten-week absence — cheered supporters of the cancer-stricken Venezuelan president. But analysts say the pictures haven’t settled the fundamental question that has kept Venezuela on edge since Chavez’s fourth round of cancer…
Chavez’s continuing disappearance leaves Venezuela in suspense
Hugo Chavez vanished from public view two months ago Sunday, with Venezuela still in suspense over its political future despite assurances its cancer-stricken president is getting better and back in charge. The latest information on Chavez’s condition came Friday from Vice President Nicolas Maduro, who read a message from the…
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez not in coma, responding to treatment: brother
The brother of Hugo Chavez has denied that the ailing Venezuelan president is in coma, saying the Venezuelan leader is responding well to cancer treatment in Cuba and making progress on a daily basis. “Reports that the president is in a coma and that the family is discussing ending life…
Cuban president backs Venezuela as Chavez convalesces
Cuban President Raul Castro on Saturday voiced his support for the Venezuelan government, as its cancer-stricken leader Hugo Chavez convalesces in Havana, with no sign of when or if he might return home. Castro made the comments during a meeting with Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro, who arrived in the…
Venezuela slams ‘psychological war’ over Chavez health
Venezuela accused the international media of waging a “psychological war” over President Hugo Chavez’s health to try to destabilize the government and bring down its socialist revolution. The hardline stance was adopted after Vice President Nicolas Maduro returned from a visit with the ailing Chavez in Cuba, where he is…
Hugo Chavez’s daughter decries ‘lies’ about his health
One of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s daughters took to social media to demand a halt to “lies” about her father’s health after rumors circulated the cancer-embattled leader had died. “Respect for the family and especially fully respect for my people. Enough of the lies! We are next to papa. LIVING,…
Chavez to leave for Cuba for more cancer surgery
Hugo Chavez was set to leave for Cuba early Monday to undergo new cancer surgery that the Venezuelan leftist president admitted was urgently needed to fight the deadly disease. It will be the fourth time the firebrand anti-American populist, re-elected only last October, has undergone surgery since being diagnosed last…
Hugo Chavez wins another six-year term in Venezuela
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez shrugged off cancer and a unified opposition to triumph yet again at the ballot box and claim another six-year mandate to pursue his oil-funded socialist revolution. Sunday proved a sterner test than previous elections in Chavez’s 14-year tenure, but the bombastic anti-American leftist emerged victorious again…
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