Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home from Havana Friday, declaring to local television that his radiation therapy had been successful. He had two surgeries in the past year to remove tumours.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez telephoned state TV on Monday following a nine day silence that triggered rumours he had died while undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba. He attributed the rumours to "dirty war."
A diplomat from the Costa Rican embassy in Venezuela was seized by armed abductors near his home in Caracas Sunday, in the country's latest high-profile kidnapping in recent months. His captors have made a ransom request, officials said.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Cuba's capital Havana Sunday to undertake a second round of radiation therapy as part of his back-and-forth cancer treatment. Chavez is expected to complete five weeks of therapy in Cuba in total.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez underwent a successful operation in Cuba to remove a tumor from his pelvis, it was announced on Tuesday. Doubts persist however as to whether Chavez will be in good enough health to run for re-election in October.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez flew to Cuba on Friday for an operation to remove a tumour. As he departed, he vowed to return for victory in October’s presidential election, which is shaping up to be a close race.
Is it the end of the road for Peru’s once-powerful Shining Path rebel group? The country has arrested one of the group's most notorious criminals. In Venezuela, it certainly won’t be easy to topple Hugo Chavez, but Henrique Capriles Radonski is taking on the task. Finally, two years after the explosion of its underwater oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is expected to pay out between 20 and 25 billion dollars to the US government in compensation.
State governor Henrique Capriles (pictured) won Venezuela's first-ever opposition primary on Sunday and will challenge President Hugo Chavez in October elections. Opposition groups have joined forces, hoping to keep Chavez from winning a third term.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to Caracas Thursday claiming to be free of cancer four months after undergoing surgery in Cuba to remove a tumor in the abdominal region. He has undergone chemotherapy four times.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he will undergo a third session of chemotherapy for cancer in a Caracas hospital, instead of travelling to Cuba for treatment, possibly indicating he is optimistic about his recovery.
