Tag: Hugo Chávez

• Thursday, March 7th 2013 - 07:17 UTC

  Hundreds of thousands turn out to honour President Hugo Chavez

  

  Hundreds of thousands of Hugo Chavez's supporters paraded his coffin draped in Venezuela’s blue, red and yellow national flag through the streets of Caracas on Wednesday in an emotional outpouring.

• Thursday, March 7th 2013 - 07:12 UTC

  Capriles, opposition candidate for coming elections; Maduro admits having him monitored

  

  Venezuela's opposition parties have unanimously agreed that governor of Miranda state, Henrique Capriles will run in an upcoming presidential election following the death of Hugo Chavez, party sources said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, March 7th 2013 - 06:56 UTC

  Cuban leadership trusts Venezuelan oil and financial aid will continue to pour in

  

  A mix of sorrow, self-interest and dread took hold of Cuba as word spread like wildfire that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who had done so much for the country, was dead. While the official newscast devoted its entire program to events unfolding in Caracas, the government reaction was slow in coming.

• Wednesday, March 6th 2013 - 11:04 UTC

  Obama calls for a ‘constructive’ future relationship with Venezuela

  

  President Barack Obama said within hours of the death of President Hugo Chavez Tuesday that the United States was interested in a “constructive” future relationship with Venezuela.

• Wednesday, March 6th 2013 - 10:54 UTC

  Chavez funeral ceremony at the Military Academy, ‘cradle of the Bolivarian revolution’

  

  The Venezuelan government declared seven days of national mourning and suspended classes until next Friday as it organizes the funeral of President Hugo Chavez that is scheduled to take place at the Military Academy, where he will lie in state beginning Wednesday morning.

• Wednesday, March 6th 2013 - 10:46 UTC

  Santos pays special tribute to Chavez for his efforts to help bring peace to Colombia

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos regretted the loss of Hugo Chavez and attributed the advances in the peace process of his government with the FARC Marxist guerrillas (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces) to the deceased Venezuelan leader.

• Wednesday, March 6th 2013 - 02:06 UTC

  Venezuela announces the death of President Hugo Chavez

  

  Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolás Maduro announced during a nation-wide transmission that President Hugo Chávez “has died today at 4:25pm.”

• Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 05:07 UTC

  Chavez continues ‘to cling to Christ and life’ but suffering ‘new and severe’ infection

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is suffering from a “new and severe” infection that has worsened his breathing as he undergoes intensive chemotherapy, the government said late Monday.

• Monday, March 4th 2013 - 06:15 UTC

  Bolivian president Morales confirms Chavez suffering from relapses

  

  Bolivian president, Evo Morales, says his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, is in stable conditions but still suffering from relapses in his recovery from a fourth round of surgery for cancer. Morales couldn't meet with Chavez but said doctors and relatives of Chávez informed him about his current condition.

• Saturday, March 2nd 2013 - 08:18 UTC

  Opposition accuses Venezuelan government of lying about President Chavez condition

  

  Opposition leader Henrique Capriles accused Venezuela’s government on Friday of repeatedly lying about President Hugo Chavez’s condition, and said the truth will be known within days.