Hugo Chavez

A boy plays behind a poster with an image depicting Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. The ailing president's health crisis has raised contentious questions ahead of the swearing-in set for Jan. 10, including whether the inauguration could legally be postponed. The ailing president's health crisis has raised contentious questions ahead of the swearing-in set for Jan. 10, including whether the inauguration could legally be postponed. Officials have raised the possibility that Chavez might not be well enough to take the oath of office, without saying what will happen if he can't. The constitution says that if a president or president-elect dies or is declared unable to continue in office, presidential powers should be held temporarily by the president of the National Assembly and that a new presidential vote should be held within 30 days. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Disputes brewing over Hugo Chavez’s inauguration

Christopher Toothaker and Ian James · January 3, 2013 5:00 am

A woman holds an image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez as people gather to pray for him at a church in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is confronting "new complications" due to a respiratory infection nearly three weeks after undergoing cancer surgery, his Vice President Nicolas Maduro said Sunday evening in Cuba as he visited the ailing leader for the first time since his operation. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela opposition: Hugo Chavez secrecy feeds rumors

Ian James · January 2, 2013 5:00 am

Iconic T-shirts styled with images of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez are displayed for sale next to a T-shirt of Venezuelan musician Ali Primera, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. The obsessive, circular conversations about Chavez's health dominate family dinners, plaza chit-chats and social media sites in this country on edge since its larger-than-life leader went to Cuba for emergency cancer surgery more than two weeks ago. The man whose booming voice once dominated the airwaves for hours at a time has not been seen or heard from since.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela VP: Hugo Chavez suffers ‘new complications’

Ian James · December 30, 2012 5:00 am

A Metastasizing Problem

Vanessa Neumann · December 24, 2012 5:00 am

In this picture released by the Cuban newspaper Juventud Revelde, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, center, is welcomed by Cuba's President Raul Castro, left, and Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez at the Jose Marti international airport in Havana, Cuba, early Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. Evo Morales is in Cuba to visit Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who is recovering from a surgery, his fourth operation related to his pelvic cancer since June 2011. (AP Photo/Juventud Revelde, Estudios Revolucion)

Venezuelan VP strikes optimistic tone on Hugh Chavez

Alexandra Olson · December 23, 2012 5:00 am

Sean Penn Expresses ‘Love’ for Chavez, Wishes Him ‘Great Strength’

Sean Penn Expresses ‘Love’ for Chavez, Wishes Him ‘Great Strength’

Daniel Halper · December 11, 2012 5:38 pm

Chavez’s Venezuela Now on Same U.N. Human Rights Council as U.S.

Daniel Halper · November 12, 2012 8:01 pm

Ad: ‘Obama Secured the Dictator Vote, Does He Have Yours?’

Ad: ‘Obama Secured the Dictator Vote, Does He Have Yours?’

Daniel Halper · October 23, 2012 9:15 am

U.S. ‘Congratulates’ Venezuela on Election

Daniel Halper · October 8, 2012 4:33 pm

Power in Play

Daniel Lee · October 1, 2012 4:00 am

A Critical Moment for Latin America

Jaime Daremblum · September 28, 2012 11:30 am

[Video] U didn’t build that (Obamatime)

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[Video] U didn’t build that (Obamatime)

Washington Examiner · September 18, 2012 2:42 pm