News Americas, CARACAS, Venezuela, Tues. Oct. 11, 2011: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he has to undergo more tests said to evaluate his cancer treatment.
On Monday Chavez disclosed he will return to Cuba next week for more tests.
“I’ll be in Cuba next week because they have to conduct...
News Americas, CARACAS, Venezuela, Mon. Sept. 26, 2011: Venezuelan opposition candidate, Leopoldo Lopez, is gearing up to challenge President Hugo Chavez in the 2012 elections.
Lopez, 40, launched his campaign over the weekend, a week after the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) ordered Venezuela...
News Americas, CARACAS, Venezuela, Thurs. Sept. 22, 20111: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has finished his fourth round of chemo in Cuba.
“We hope it’s sufficient and no more is needed,” Chavez said from Havana in a broadcast by Venezuelan state television.
Chavez underwent surgery...
News Americas, CARACAS, Venezuela, Mon. Aug. 29, 2011: Venezuela’s President, Hugo Chavez, yesterday began a third round of chemotherapy.
Chavez told local media that the chemo will be done in Venezuela, unlike in the past when he traveled to Cuba for treatment.
“We’ve decided after...
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. Aug. 25, 2011: Venezuela’s credit ratings have gotten a downgrade by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P).
S&P cut Venezuela’s ratings to ‘B+’ from ‘BB-.’ B+ is four steps below investment grade, according to a statement that said...
News Americas, CARACAS, Venezuela, Weds. Aug. 24, 2011: Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is continuing to weigh in on the situation in Libya, insisting he will not recognize a rebel-led interim government.
Chavez on Tuesday said Venezuela will continue to recognize Moammar Gadhafi as the leader of...
News Americas, CARACAS, Venezuela, Mon. Aug. 22, 2011: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday called for prayer for Libyans.
In a televised speech, Chavez said: “Let’s pray to God for the Libyan people,” while condemned the fierce fighting in Libya and NATO’s bombings in the...
News Americas, CARACAS, Venezuela, Thurs. Aug. 18, 2011: Venezuela’s gold industry will be nationalized to boost the country’s reserves.
That’s the word from President Hugo Chavez. The biggest gold miner is Rusoro, a Canadian-listed company controlled by the Russian Agapov family.
The move...
News Americas, CARACAS, Venezuela, Tues. Aug. 2, 2011: Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, is sporting a new look.
As the head of state continues to undergo chemotherapy, he has shaved his head saying his hair has begun falling out.
It is his “new look,” he joked in English at a televised...
News Americas, CARACAS, Venezuela, Thurs. July 21, 2011: Venezuela’s prisons are in the news again, this time following the death of seven inmates in two prisons.
Media reports from the South American nation said the killings occurred that the Cabimas and San Felipe prisons following prison fights....
