CARACAS, Venezuela — In the weeks before his mentor’s death, Vice President Nicolas Maduro’s imitations of President Hugo Chavez became ever more apparent — the same vocal patterns and ...

Nicolas Maduro is a trusted ambassador of Chavez's views, but could not be more different than the Venezuelan leader in character.

CARACAS, Venezuela – The government of Venezuela is continuing to stay positive about the health of President Hugo Chávez. On Saturday Vice President Nicolás Maduro said that Chávez's ...

Chávez picked Maduro as one of his campaign operatives for his successful presidential election in 1998. Maduro won a seat in the Venezuelan Congress in 2000 and 2005.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, (l.), talks to then Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro at the University of Uruguay in Montevideo, Uruguay in 2007.

Ten years after Hugo Chávez's death, Venezuelans want Maduro to do ‘better’ About three-quarters of Venezuelans live on less than $1.90 a day, the international benchmark of extreme poverty.

Election authorities proclaimed Hugo Chavez’s handpicked successor Venezuela’s president-elect Monday, despite his challenger’s demand for a recount. “It was a result that was truly fair ...

After flying to Cuba for a third cancer operation, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has shown the spotlight on his designated political heir, vice president Nicolás Maduro.

Venezuela's newly elected President Nicolas Maduro celebrates his victory after the official results of the presidential elections were announced, at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela ...

The man President Hugo Chavez wants to succeed him is an intensely loyal 50-year-old former bus driver who has long served as the international face of Venezuela whenever the socialist president ...

Winner Nicolas Maduro campaigned on a promise to carry on Mr Chavez's self-styled socialist revolution and defeated a two-time challenger who claimed the late president's regime has put Venezuela ...

Venezuelans still miss Chavez, want Maduro to do 'better' President Hugo Chávez told Venezuelans to choose Nicolás Maduro as his successor during his last televised message before dying of cancer ...