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Dozens of leaders to Chavez funeral, from Cuba to Iran
Venezuelan officials boasted that up to 55 world leaders will attend the state funeral of President Hugo Chavez on Friday, including US bugbears Cuba, Iran and Belarus. Interim leader Nicolas Maduro said heads of state or government from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean have confirmed their attendance…
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…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies from cancer
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lost his battle with cancer Tuesday, silencing the leading voice of the Latin American left and plunging his divided oil-rich nation into an uncertain future. “We have received the toughest and tragic information that… comandante President Hugo Chavez died today at 4:25 pm,” a tearful Vice…
Chavez’s foreign minister asks country to let him get chemo in peace
Venezuela’s foreign minister demanded Saturday that President Hugo Chavez be allowed to recover in peace after the government revealed for the first time that the cancer-stricken leader was in chemotherapy. Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said Chavez, 58, was in a “battle” to recover as the socialist leader rests in a…
Chavez’s breathing problem persists: minister
Venezuela’s cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez is still suffering from respiratory problems, and the evolution of that condition “has not been favorable,” the information minister said. Chavez, who returned home early Monday after a fourth cancer surgery and more than two months of convalescence in Cuba, will receive more treatment for…
Venezuela releases first photos of Chavez in hospital
Venezuela on Friday released the first photos of President Hugo Chavez since he underwent his fourth round of cancer surgery in Havana back in December. The shots gave Venezuelans living in a state of limbo without their once media-happy and larger than life commandante a first glimpse of him as…
Venezuela making ‘bald-faced lies’ over Chavez: opposition
Venezuela’s government is flat-out lying to its people about cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez’s health, the country’s leading opposition figure charged Sunday. “The people are being told bald-faced lies about the situation the president is in,” Henrique Capriles, who lost last October’s presidential race to Chavez, said at a ceremony in…
Catholic Church warns Venezuela faces ‘morally unacceptable’ crisis with Chavez’s health
Venezuela’s Catholic church warned the government Monday it would be “morally unacceptable” to override the constitution amid an intensifying crisis over President Hugo Chavez’s health. The church weighed in with four days to go before Chavez, who is in Cuba recovering from cancer surgery, is supposed to be sworn in…
Venezuelan president’s rival re-elected as opposition loses ground
President Hugo Chavez’s top rival survived a tough test Sunday, winning re-election as governor, but he allowed that losses in other state-level races were a “tough moment” for Venezuela’s opposition. Henrique Capriles, the prominent opposition leader whose political life was on the line after losing his presidential bid to Chavez…
Chavez resumes governing after surgery, says aide
President Hugo Chavez, who underwent new cancer surgery Tuesday, has resumed actively governing as he recovers, one of his cabinet members said Sunday from Havana. “As of yesterday, El Comandante already resumed communicating with us, giving instructions, governing in fact, giving instructions to be implemented in our country,” said Science…
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