CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Voters in Venezuela Sunday approved a referendum that will allow President Hugo Chavez to remain office well into the next decade, the government said.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared the 10th anniversary of his time in office a national holiday.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Backers of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attacked opponents of the leftist president Monday with tear gas.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The Venezuela government has leveled corruption allegations against one of the country's leading opposition leaders.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Hugo Chavez said Sunday he wants to stay on as president of Venezuela until 2021.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Reforms proposed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez face a difficult challenge in an upcoming referendum vote, The New York Times reported Thursday.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was sworn in Wednesday to a third term in office, promising to complete his socialist "revolution."
CARACAS, Venezuela, June 9 (UPI) -- Venezuelan officials set the date Wednesday for a referendum on the president, local news sources reported.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The highest court in Venezuela has given parliament 10 days to appoint an electoral council for a referendum on the rule of President Hugo Chavez.
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Thursday during a U.N. visit dismissed the likelihood of an imminent civil war or a referendum next month in his country. Since last month Venezuela has been crippled by a strike aimed at Chavez's ouster.
