Venezuelans are used to shortages of food staples and medicines. Now they are desperately scouring supermarket shelves for another of life's essentials.
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Post-election tension leads to a brawl in the Venezuelan national assembly, leaving opposition MP Julio Borges bruised and bleeding.
Venezuela's presidency will be decided in an election to take place on 14 April, officials say, as opinion polls heavily favour Hugo Chavez's anointed successor Nicolas Maduro.
Channel 4 News cameraman Dai Baker was in Venezuela to record the feelings of a nation in mourning following the death of Hugo Chavez.
While Caracas mourns the passing of Hugo Chavez, Venezuelans in South Florida have been celebrating the death of the man who they claim forced them to leave their homeland.
At least two dozen heads of state are attending Hugo Chavez's funeral during an outpouring of grief for the charismatic but divisive Venezuelan leader.
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Hundreds of thousands of grieving Venezuelans queue in the streets of Caracas to file past the open coffin of the country's former president, Hugo Chavez. Washington Correspondent Matt Frei reports.
Hugo Chavez was in power in Venezuela for nearly 14 years - and was one of the most visible and controversial leaders from day one. But how did his country change in the years since he took power?
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George Galloway, who knew Hugo Chavez well and spent two weeks working on his campaign in Venezuela last year, says the leader stood for the kind of things Labour used to stand for.
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The streets of the Venezuelan capital Caracas becomes a sea of humanity as tens of thousands come to join in scenes of public grief at the passing of their former leader, Hugo Chavez.
