Tag: Hugo Chávez

• Saturday, December 17th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  US court finds former Chávez treasurer guilty of collecting bribes

  

  One day after her conviction, US Judiciary authorities Friday released details of the modus operandi whereby a former Hugo Chávez aide and her husband collected over US$ 100 million in bribes

• Tuesday, April 5th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Mural of Chávez and Putin together unveiled in Caracas

  

  Clear signs of support for Russian President Vladimir Putin are on display in the Venezuelan capital. A mural of him alongside the late Hugo Chávez Frías has been unveiled Monday in appreciation. Another mural of Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona is to be seen in Caracas not far off, it was reported.

• Monday, February 21st 2022 - 20:22 UTC

  Corruption trial against former President gets under way in Peru

  

  The trial against former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, his wife Nadine Heredia, and other defendants in the local version of the Lava Jato case started in Lima Monday.

• Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 20:53 UTC

  Chávez's daughter praises CFK in Tegucigalpa

  

  Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and María Gabriela Chávez Contreras, daughter of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez Frías, met Wednesday at the National University of Honduras, where the former Argentine head of state delivered a speech under the title “Peoples always return”.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 19:36 UTC

  Chávez dynasty comes to an end at Venezuelan state of Barinas

  

  Opposition candidate Sergio Garrido from the Democratic Unity Table (MUD) has been chosen Sunday as the new governor of the Venezuelan state of Barinas after electoral authorities ordered the elections to be held again citing irregularities in the Nov. 21 polls.

• Saturday, December 4th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Chavez's brother to be replaced in encore of Venezuelan local elections

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Friday announced a new candidate would seek to become governor of the state of Barinas which are to be held again on January 9 after the November 21 polls were annulled by electoral authorities in a much controversial decision.

• Sunday, October 17th 2021 - 08:29 UTC

  Spain agrees to extradite former Venezuelan treasurer to the US

  

  Spain's Judiciary Friday gave the green light for the extradition to the United States of Venezuelan national Claudia Patricia Díaz Guillén, to account for crimes of money laundering and criminal organization.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Venezuelan political prisoner and former Chávez aide dies of COVID-19

  

  Venezuelan General Raúl Baduel, a former ally of President Hugo Chávez who later became one of the country's most notorious political prisoners, has died Tuesday of COVID-19 at the age of 66 and while still incarcerated.

• Monday, March 30th 2020 - 07:27 UTC

  Retired Venezuela general charged with drug-trafficking turned himself to US authorities

  

  A retired Venezuelan general has turned himself over to Colombian authorities after the United States charged him with drug-trafficking and offered a reward for his capture, local media reported. Cliver Alcala turned himself in on Friday to the Colombians, who in turn handed him over to US authorities, the El Tiempo de Bogota newspaper said.

• Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Bolivian interim government cuts relations with Venezuela and orders Cuban medical teams out of the country

  

  Bolivia's interim leadership says it has broken diplomatic ties with the Government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and ordered Cuban medical teams to leave Bolivia.