The policy is consistent with Maduro's broader strategy to deter potential uprisings and maintain political control amid an increasingly tense post-election climate ...

He wishes to extend a quarter century of repressive military-backed rule that began with his larger-than-life mentor Hugo Chavez. "We are not afraid!" Machado told the rapt crowd, which turned out ...

Venezuelans in South Florida and across the country expressed outrage, fear and uncertainty Saturday after President Donald ...

During a ceremony at the Elliptical Hall of the Federal Legislative Palace, Maduro took his oath upon a copy of the Venezuelan Constitution signed by the late Bolivarian leader Hugo Chávez.

On vacation in South America, David Weiner met the man he'd soon fall in love with, Deivi Valbuena. Now the two worry about ...

The Leftist autocrat took the presidential oath at the national assembly in Caracas in the names of 16th-century indigenous rebel leader Guaicaipuro and Hugo Chavez, the former president who died ...

More than 2,200 people were detained after Venezuela’s July presidential election, when civil unrest broke out over Maduro’s ...

more than former President Hugo Chavez, who spent 14 in the presidential palace from 1999 to 2013. Advertisement Only the early 20th century dictator Juan Vicente Gómez held the office longer ...

"I swear by Bolivar, by Sucre, by Urdaneta, by Manuela Saez, by the eternal memory of our eternal commander Hugo Chavez ... I swear by history, I swear by my life," Maduro said. In a fiery speech ...

Advertisement The country has been gripped by the left-wing populist ideology that Maduro and his predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez, have used to rule since 1999. For an even longer period ...

He wishes to extend a quarter century of repressive military-backed rule that began with his larger-than-life mentor Hugo Chavez. "We are not afraid!" Machado told the rapt crowd, which turned out ...

Maduro first became president following the death of his predecessor and mentor Hugo Chavez in March 2013. The larger-than-life populist strongman – who had enshrined himself in power for nearly ...