In a letter sent to President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, HRW expressed deep concern about credible reports documenting that National Guard and police officers beat and tortured people who were ...

Hugo Chavez Dead at 58. The controversial and gregarious Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez Frías died after a long battle with cancer, Vice President Nicolás Maduro said.

Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias was born July 28, 1954, in the sparsely populated plains state of Barinas, the second of six sons of a couple who were teachers.

In this photo released Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 by Miraflores Presidential Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, poses for a photo with his daughters, Maria Gabriela, left, and ...

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez Frias delivered a major summary of his government’s current international initiatives today at an event which combined a moment of intense Venezuelan-Cuban diplomatic ...

Pres. HUGO Chávez: [subtitles] The main theme in today's show, friends from Venezuela and the world, is the constitution, the proposal for the constitutional reform, and its essence.

Hugo Chavez's is Carried through the streets of Caracas. March 6,2013— -- The coffin containing the body of President Hugo Chavez was transfered today from the hospital where he died on ...

Welcome to the tomb of Hugo Chávez. His final resting place is perched above 23 de Enero, a ramshackle barrio where Mr. Chávez organized a failed coup in the 1990s and later lavished with money ...

The death has been announced of President Hugo Chávez Frias. Chávez was the most recent of the Central and South American leaders whose left-wing policies and popularity seem to evoke such fear ...

In this July 5, 1975 photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Hugo Chavez, center, poses with his mother Elena Frias and father Hugo de los Reyes Chavez at his graduation from the military ...

Pres. HUGO Chávez: Very well, thank you. And you? Very well. ANNOUNCER:-and the United States an enemy. PHIL GUNSON, The Economist: He's convinced George Bush goes to bed thinking of ways to ...