Hugo Chavez

Picture of the Day: Gaddafi and Chavez shout-out

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, greet supporters in Porlamar, Margarita Island, Venezuela

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Hugo Chavez walks Venice red carpet with Oliver Stone

The Venezuelan president is the subject of Stone's new film, South of the Border

Alexander Cockburn on the coup in Honduras, a traditional area of American and CIA influence

The Venezuela president enters the fray as more bloody clashes are reported in central Tehran

Chavez's gift of a little-known book to Obama has sent the exiled Uruguayan writer shooting up the bestseller lists

Liberals should mourn the passing of a president who unintentionally made US citizens more aware of their rights

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All smiles at the Knox trial