Venezuela

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has died aged 58 after battling cancer for almost two years.

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is facing his “most difficult hours” since his cancer operation in December as the country’s top officials gather for emergency talks. Matt Frei has the latest.

In this report from March 2006, Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman looks at the growing tensions between Venezuela, led by the populist Hugo Chavez, and the US.

Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez is “fighting for his life”, the country’s vice-president said on Friday, despite having returned to the capital, Caracas, two weeks ago.

Rather like my experience in one of Venezuela’s jails, it has often been hard with Hugo Chavez to tell how much was comedy, how much deadly serious, Foreign Affairs correspondent Jonathan Rugman reflects on the president’s legacy.

As crowds fill Venezuela despite no presidential inauguration, Washington Correspondent Matt Frei speaks to people in Caracas about their ailing leader.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez will miss Thursday’s scheduled swearing-in ceremony for his fourth term due to health problems, the country’s government announces.

The opposition in Veneuzela wants the government to disclose the true state of Hugo Chavez’s health. Due to be sworn in as president in a week, he’s not been seen in public for a month.

With concern growing over the health of Venezuela’s president, does his cult of ‘Chavista’ personality mean the country is doomed to political instability if he dies?

Jubilant supporters of Venzuela’s Hugo Chavez take to the streets as the country’s socialist leader wins his fourth term as president.

As Venezuelans vote in their general election, is the result a foregone conclusion for the incumbent Hugo Chavez or could challenger Henrique Capriles sneak a shock win?