Reuters - Addressing tens of thousands of red-clad workers at a May Day march on Sunday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez set a goal to create more than 3 million jobs in eight years and end unemployment in the OPEC nation.
Nicolas Maduro won the Venezuelan election by a slender margin. But with the opposition demanding a recount and the economy in turmoil, what is next for the new president and the divided country?
With his baseball cap in Venezuela's colors, opposition leader Henrique Capriles is a young governor running for president for the second time in six months, vowing change after 14 years under Hugo Chavez.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hugo Chavez has suffered "new complications" following his cancer surgery in Cuba, his vice president said Sunday, describing the Venezuelan leader's condition as delicate. Vice President Nicolas Maduro did not give details about the complications, which he said came amid a respiratory infection. Maduro spoke in a televised address from Cuba.
Reuters - Venezuela's flamboyant socialist leader Hugo Chavez said on Thursday he had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, presenting a serious challenge to his near-total dominance of