The Latest Breaking News from Hugo Chávez

Tens of thousands gather in Caracas defying crackdown by president to hear speech by María Corina Machado

Thousands from the capital’s favelas, once strongholds for the ‘revolution’, have faced a brutal crackdown after challenging last month’s presidential election result

Fact check: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is the leader of the Socialist Party.

Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López emphasized the "absolute loyalty and unconditional support" to Maduro from the Armed Forces. Here is a breakdown of the Venezuelan military.

Leader says ‘perverse and macabre’ electoral rivals are stoking protests as US official calls for governments to acknowledge Edmundo González Urrutia as election winner

Post-election protests are far from uncommon in Venezuela. In 2018, people took to the streets to contest President Nicolás Maduro’s reelection; they did so again in 2019 when the Venezuelan opposition proclaimed National Assembly representative Juan Guaidó as interim president in defiance of a vote they said was rigged.

Cuban American House Republicans criticize Biden's Supreme Court reform proposal, drawing parallels to Latin American autocrats.

Opposition supporters shout government ‘is going to fall’ while tearing down monuments of Maduro’s mentor

Protesters in Venezuela are tearing down statues of Hugo Chávez in response to alleged election fraud, sparking government condemnation and arrests.

Anti-government activists across Venezuela are toppling giant statues of Hugo Chávez to express their anger over the alleged stealing of elections by the late president’s handpicked successor, Nicolás Maduro

María Corina Machado says president should understand he lost vote, amid international doubts over victory claim