Tag: Hugo Chávez

• Saturday, June 30th 2012 - 00:46 UTC

  Mercosur announced admission of Venezuela as a full member end of July

  

  Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay made official on Friday the temporary suspension of Paraguay from Mercosur, because of the ‘summary’ removal of President Fernando Lugo and at the same time announced Venezuela will be incorporated to the group on July 31 at a meeting in Rio do Janeiro.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 23:06 UTC

  Chavez comfortably ahead of opposition candidate Capriles, show opinion polls

  

  Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has a 16-percentage-point lead over opposition candidate Henrique Capriles ahead of an election in October, a new opinion poll showed on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, June 12th 2012 - 09:00 UTC

  Massive outburst of support for Chavez as he registered for October 7 presidential election

  

  Thousands of supporters thronged the streets of Caracas Monday to join cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as he registered to seek re-election amid ongoing concerns about his health.

• Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 06:10 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition plays the nationalist card in territory dispute with Guyana

  

  Venezuela's opposition accused the government on Wednesday of turning a blind eye to neighbouring Guyana's oil exploration in a border region claimed by Venezuela, potentially inflaming a territorial dispute that dates back more than a century.

• Monday, May 21st 2012 - 06:36 UTC

  Chavez admits he is currently working 8 hours a day or less and resting to recover

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez broke his weeklong silence to say that “unfortunately” he will not continue being that “runaway” horse that never slept, and said he now works only eight hours a day and sometimes less.

• Friday, May 18th 2012 - 09:39 UTC

  Brazil closely following events in Venezuela because of Chavez condition

  

  Brazilian Foreign Affairs minister Antonio Patriota revealed that Brasilia is following closely the situation in Venezuela because of the medical condition of President Hugo Chavez, to whom he sent a message of quick recovery.

• Monday, May 14th 2012 - 04:34 UTC

  Chavez one man show to convince followers his doing fine

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez strode, sang and gave a rousing speech on Friday in a careful show of vigour after his latest cancer treatment in Cuba fanned rumours he was dying five months before an election.

• Friday, May 4th 2012 - 07:06 UTC

  Chavez under treatment in Cuba names a potential “transition council”

  

  President Hugo Chavez, in Cuba for cancer treatment, named key members of a Council of State Wednesday led by his Vice president, which some analysts see as a potential transitional body.

• Monday, April 30th 2012 - 23:54 UTC

  Chavez signs labour bill and leaves for Cuba to continue radiation treatment

  

  Clutching a crucifix and holding back tears, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on Monday appeared live on television for the first time in 17 days, saying he was counting on Christ for help as he returns to Cuba for more cancer treatment.

• Friday, April 27th 2012 - 00:36 UTC

  Foreign Minister Maduro could replace Chavez given his growing fragile health

  

  Venezuelan journalist Nelson Bocaranda said that for the first time President Hugo Chavez is thinking of naming his faithful Foreign Affairs minister Nicolas Maduro as his successor, given the seriousness of the cancer the leader is suffering.