CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's prosecutor's office said on Thursday it would open an investigation into in a recording the opposition says features a top government ally accusing the deputy head of the ruling Socialist Party of corruption and conspiring against the new president.Full story
LIMA (Reuters) - President Ollanta Humala's approval rating fell 5 points to a six-month low of 46 percent, reflecting the unpopularity of his proposal to buy an oil refinery owned by Spain's Repsol and his support for Venezuela's new government, an Ipsos poll showed on Sunday. Full story
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After passionate campaigning, Venezuelans went to the polls to choose who will replace the late Hugo Chavez. NBC’s Mark Potter reports.
Chris Hayes updates the story of plans to preserve the dead body of former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez with the news that the body may be too far-gone to display.
The Venezuelan government has announced it will conduct a formal inquiry into whether deceased president Hugo Chavez was "inoculated" with cancer. Risa Grais-Targow, Eurasia Group Latin America Analyst, provides perspective on how this might impact oil
After the Venezuelan leader’s countless controversial statements, Chris Hayes and his panel focus on how Hugo Chavez’s role as an outsider on the world stage shaped his country’s diplomatic relations.
Chris Hayes and his panel look at the history behind how Hugo Chavez came to power and why he was known as a political outsider.
A man stands near pictures of Argentine revolution leader Che Guevara and Venezuela's late president Hugo Chavez in Havana May 23, 2013. Sentence under Chavez's picture reads: "Our best friend". REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a victory sign after attending the funeral ceremony for Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez at the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013. Chavez died on March 5 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. He was 58.
REFILE - ADDING LAST NAME OF BRAZIL'S PRESIDENTVenezuela's President Nicolas Maduro delivers a framed photo of Hugo Chavez to President Dilma Rousseff during a statement to the press at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, May 9, 2013. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS)
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro delivers a framed photo of Hugo Chavez to President Dilma during a statement to the press at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, May 9, 2013. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS)
