17/01/2013 | Argentina

De Vido meets with Maduro in Venezuela

14/04/2013 | Argentina

Bonafini writes letter to Maduro

Hebe de Bonafini, head of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, sent a letter of support to Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s acting-president and the ruling party’s candidate to compete against Henrique Capriles in today’s presidential election.

15/04/2013 | Argentina

Argentina salutes Maduro; says voting was cristal clear

Argentina’s Foreign Ministry sent its congratulations to Venezuela’s elected president Nicolás Maduro. through an oficial communiqué. “The people of Argentina and its government congratulate President Nicolás Maduro for his electoral victory.”

10/03/2013 | World

Venezuela opposition leader joins presidential race

Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles said on Sunday he will challenge the late Hugo Chavez's preferred successor for the presidency next month, setting the stage for a bitter campaign.

15/04/2013 | World

Putin congratulates vote winner in oil ally Venezuela

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Nicolas Maduro on winning Venezuela's presidential election, saying he expected good relations to continue with a country where Moscow has significant oil investments.

23/04/2013 | World

Venezuela's Maduro sends conciliatory message to US

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro named a new acting head of its US diplomatic mission in Washington and sent an offer of dialogue after attacking the United States for "interference" in a row over his election.

09/05/2013 | Latin America

Venezuela's Maduro gets firm Brazilian backing, trade

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro got strong backing from regional heavyweight Brazil on a tour of South American allies to cement his legitimacy as political heir to the late Hugo Chavez.

14/06/2013 | Latin America

Venezuela considers taking bottles from babies' mouths

Venezuela's Congress will discuss legislation next week that would prohibit bottle feeding of infants to try to encourage breast feeding and reduce the use of baby formula, said a lawmaker of the ruling Socialist Party.

23/04/2013 | Latin America

Venezuela declares 90-day electricity 'emergency'

President Nicolas Maduro's government declared a 90-day "emergency" in Venezuela's electricity sector to speed up infrastructure work and equipment imports needed to prevent politically-contentious power cuts.

02/05/2013 | Latin America

Maduro: opposition seeks 'totalitarian project' in Venezuela

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro asked the US to “respect” his country, and warned about the raise of an extreme right in the Caribbean nation but said he’ll do everything possible “in order to stop the appearance of a new Pinochet.”

03/05/2013 | Latin America

Venezuela's Maduro: 'Uribe is behind a plot to kill me'

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Colombian ex-president Alvaro Uribe was plotting to kill him, adding to a deluge of accusations by the former bus driver in recent months.

17/04/2013 | Latin America

Venezuela dispute prompts urgent meeting of regional leaders

Several South American presidents will hold an emergency meeting in Peru to discuss the political crisis in Venezuela following the disputed election of President Nicolas Maduro, officials said.

19/04/2013 | Latin America

Maduro sworn in, Venezuela to review disputed vote

Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as Venezuela's president at a ceremony attended by leaders from Iran to Brazil after a decision to widen an electronic audit of the vote took some of the heat out of a dispute over his election.

19/04/2013 | Latin America

CFK attended Maduro inauguration

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was tataking part in the presidential inauguration of Nicolás Maduro in Caracas.

15/04/2013 | Latin America

Tight win for Maduro in Venezuela elections

Late socialist leader Hugo Chávez's chosen successor Nicolás Maduro won Venezuela's presidential election by a whisker but now faces opposition protests plus a host of economic and political challenges in the OPEC nation.

15/04/2013 | Latin America

Maduro calls for calm, open to vote audit

Venezuela's ruling party candidate Nicolás Maduro called for peace and said he would be willing for Sunday's election result to be audited.

15/04/2013 | Latin America

Venezuela election board proclaims Maduro president-elect

Venezuela's election authority formally proclaimed Nicolas Maduro the winner of Sunday's presidential vote, despite insistence by the opposition that the ceremony be suspended until a complete recount was carried out.

14/04/2013 | Latin America

Factbox: Candidates Maduro and Capriles

Venezuelan acting President Nicolás Maduro and opposition candidate Henrique Capriles square off in Sunday's election to determine who will succeed socialist leader Hugo Chávez, who died of cancer last month.

14/04/2013 | Latin America

Expectation grows in Venezuela as future of 'Chavista' populism is decided

Venezuelans voted on whether to honor Hugo Chavez's dying wish for a longtime loyalist to continue his self-styled socialist revolution or hand power to a young challenger promising business-friendly changes.

14/04/2013 | Latin America

Maduro Twitter account hacked

Venezuela’s acting president Nicolás Maduro’s Twitter account was hacked minutes after polls closed on Election Day, a campaign official said.

20/03/2013 | Latin America

Capriles mocks Maduro as non-entity

Fighting an uphill battle in Venezuela's election, opposition leader Henrique Capriles scoffs at acting president and rival Nicolás Maduro as a non-entity riding on the memory of Hugo Chávez to hide his own incompetence.

02/04/2013 | Latin America

At Chávez's birthplace, Maduro vows to win Venezuela vote

Venezuelan acting President Nicolás Maduro made a pilgrimage to late socialist leader Hugo Chávez's birthplace and pledged to win the April 14 election in his honor.

08/04/2013 | Latin America

Venezuela's Maduro vows to battle corruption

Acting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro vowed to stamp out corruption following days of accusations by opposition candidate Henrique Capriles that ruling party officials were plundering the country's oil wealth.

12/03/2013 | Latin America

Venezuela to probe Chavez cancer 'poisoning' accusation

Venezuela will set up a formal inquiry into suspicions that the late President Hugo Chávez's cancer was the result of poisoning by his enemies abroad, the government said.

17/03/2013 | Latin America

Venezuela's Maduro urges Obama to halt 'plot' against rival

Venezuela's acting president urged US President Barack Obama to stop what he called a plot by the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency to kill his opposition rival and trigger a coup ahead of an April 14 election.

18/03/2013 | Latin America

Venezuelan leader Maduro has big poll lead over Capriles

Venezuela's acting president, Nicolas Maduro, has a commanding 14-percentage point lead over opposition candidate Henrique Capriles ahead of next month's election, according to the first major poll published since the death of Hugo Chavez.

08/03/2013 | Latin America

Maduro takes office, as opposition questions SC sentence

09/03/2013 | Latin America

As Venezuelans mourn Chavez, election expected in April

Venezuela will likely hold a presidential election in mid-April, multiple sources from the opposition and election board said although some in the government were pushing for the symbolic April 13 anniversary of Hugo Chávez's return to power after a short-lived 2002 coup.

11/03/2013 | Latin America

Venezuela's Capriles joins race, tussles with Maduro

Venezuela's opposition leader vowed to fight late Hugo Chávez's preferred successor for the presidency next month and the pair quickly locked horns in an angry war of words.

23/02/2013 | Latin America

Maduro says Chávez gives written orders

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez remains breathing through a tracheal tube and communicates via written messages, ordering government's decisions from the hospital in Caracas, Vice-President Nicolás Maduro reported today.

05/03/2013 | Latin America

Venezuela's military vows loyalty to Maduro

07/03/2013 | Latin America

Venezuela's Chávez to be embalmed for public view

15/01/2013 | Latin America

Maduro stands in for Venezuela's ailing Chávez in key speech

Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro gave a brief state of the nation address today in place of his ailing boss, Hugo Chávez, who has not been seen in public since going to Cuba for cancer surgery more than a month ago.

19/01/2013 | Latin America

Maduro slams business leaders over Venezuela economy comments

Venezuela's vice president hit out at the country's business leaders, saying they were seeking to destabilize the nation while cancer-stricken President Hugo Chávez fights to recover from surgery.

13/02/2013 | Latin America

VP says Venezuela's Chávez having 'alternative' cancer treatment

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is undergoing "complex" alternative treatments more than two months after having cancer surgery in Cuba, his vice president said.

20/12/2012 | Latin America

Chávez 'awake' and 'in good conditions'

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is conscious and recovering a week after a cancer surgery he underwent in Cuba, and "in good conditions" after suffering a respiratory infection, according to Vice-President Nicolás Maduro.

30/12/2012 | Latin America

Venezuela's Chávez in 'delicate' condition after surgery, VP Maduro says

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez suffered more complications linked to a respiratory infection that hit him after his fourth cancer operation in Cuba, the vice president said in a somber broadcast.

04/01/2013 | Latin America

Chávez swearing-in can be delayed, Venezuelan VP says

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's formal swearing-in for a new six-year term scheduled for Jan. 10 can be postponed if he is unable to attend due to his struggle to recover from cancer surgery, his vice-president said today.

14/04/2012 | Latin America

Chávez skips Americas Summit, heads to Cuba for radiotherapy

Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, will not be participating in the VI Americas Summit which began today in Cartagena and is set to travel to Cuba in order to continue his radiotherapy treatment, Venezuela foreign minister, Nicolás Maduro informed today.

29/11/2012 | Latin America

Venezuela's VP says Chávez doing well in Cuba

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is doing well as he receives medical treatment in Cuba, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said today, despite a two-week absence from public view that has raised fresh doubts about his health.

15/12/2012 | Latin America

Chávez has 'full intellectual capacity' after surgery

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has recovered "full intellectual capacity" after a six-hour cancer operation in Cuba this week, an official said today, but offered few details on the socialist firebrand's physical condition.