CARACAS, Venezuela, March 24 (UPI) -- A leading Venezuelan opposition leader will be tried in the capital, Caracas, and not his hometown, Venezuela's Supreme Court has ruled.

CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The Venezuela government has leveled corruption allegations against one of the country's leading opposition leaders.

PUNO, Peru, March 22 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is courting support among fellow leftists in Peru, though some leaders condemn his alleged meddling in political affairs.

CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has won re-election to a 6-year term in office, taking nearly two-thirds of the vote in defeating challenger Manuel Rosales.

CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Early returns in Venezuela's presidential election showed incumbent leader Hugo Chavez held a commanding lead over free-market advocate Manuel Rosales.

CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez warns that a plot against him is in the making and his opponents are conspiring to "ruin Christmas," Globovision reported.

CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A diplomatic quarrel between Venezuela and Peru has apparently been cleared up, Venezuelan newspaper El Universal reported Monday.

LIMA, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Peru withdrew its ambassador from Venezuelan after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez publicly backed Peru's nationalist candidate in the presidential election.

MIAMI, March 28 (UPI) -- Juan Fernandez, a leader of the opposition in Venezuela, is meeting with other opposition figures and Cuban Americans in Miami on the future of the movement. Fernandez is pushing for a referendum that he hopes would oust Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez i

MIAMI, March 7 (UPI) -- A number of supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez have formed groups around the United States, including the first one in a Miami suburb. In Miami at least, Chavez supporters are outnumbered, as evidenced by a recent demonstration opposing the Ve