Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez caused a stir this week during his visit to New York City, denouncing President Bush as “the devil” in a speech at the U.N. General Assembly and, during a ...

DEC. 6, 1998 On this date, Venezuelans elected as their president Hugo Chávez, a military officer who was imprisoned after taking part in a coup attempt."His victory reflected the discontent ...

Sean Penn and other Hollywood stars are grieving the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, whose death at age 58 was announced on Tuesday, March 5. "I lost a friend I was blessed to have, and ...

Hugo Chavez: Admired and despised by readers. News. Home Page ; California; Election 2024; ... “Indeed, it’s a sad time in Venezuela, as Chavez lost his battle with cancer this week.

He's a writer at The New Yorker magazine, and he joins us now by phone from Dorset, England. You can find a link to his New Yorker obituary for Hugo Chavez on our website. Jon, welcome to the program.

Meanwhile, on the civic front, many have argued that Chavez's hold on state institutions stifled free speech and silenced his opponents. The last time Gallup polled Venezuelans on free speech ...

In his 11-year rule, Venezuelan strong-man Hugo Chávez has outlasted all manner of angry foes, conspirators, and mounting chaos. Until now. As he loses control of a shrinking economy, his Teflon ...

The Scrapbook confesses that it takes a certain unhealthy interest in recent accounts of Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chávez’s exhumation of the corpse of Simón Bolivar. No disrespect to the ...

Hugo Chavez and his allies are tightening their grips, ... You can unsubscribe at any time. ... In The Magazine June 27 2025 Issue.

If something isn't done to prevent it, we'll likely be facing an emerging nuclear threat from President Hugo Chavez's Venezuela sometime in the next 10 years.