Venezuela News
Toilet paper shortage causes a stink in Venezuela
The revolution turns its attention to acquiring 50 million rolls of bathroom tissue so that the people will “calm down”.
OAS offers support for recount after tight race in Venezuela
The regional body’s secretary-general offered the services of election experts “in the context of deep division and political polarization”....
Ghost of Chavez gives Maduro the bird
Like Alice in Wonderland, the campaign leading up to Venezuela’s April 14 presidential election just gets ‘curiouser and curiouser’....
Quit crying for Chavez and campaign for me
Venezuela’s acting president urges supporters to secure “victory against the forces of evil, against the forces of darkness”....
Venezuela opposition leader vows to end subsidized oil to Cuba
Capriles maintains that halting cheap oil sales would free up resources to boost public employee salaries by 40 percent....
Caracas to probe claims that Chavez was poisoned by enemies
Critics dismiss the move as another ploy to distract attention from pressing issues in the forthcoming presidential election....Capriles contends with homophobic slurs and Chavez’s ghost in ugly start to election
The opposition leader is also said to be playing with fire, offending Chavez’s family by criticizing the handling of his illness and death....
Body of Chavez to join other world leaders and stuffed animals on permanent display
Even in death, the late Venezuelan president will be subjected to scrutiny and ongoing invasive procedures....
Chávez Invigorated the Left in Latin America
Elected and re-elected several times as president of Venezuela since 1998, Chávez “felt called upon by destiny to follow the path of (independence hero) Simón Bolívar and be a kind of revolutionary leader in the world against the empire, the United States....