Hugo Chavez Cancer Surgery

• As Venezuelans mourn Hugo Chavez, election set for mid-April

  Venezuela called on Saturday a snap election to succeed Hugo Chavez on April 14, setting the stage for a tough campaign between the late leader's political heir and the opposition in this divided oil-rich nation.

• Nicolas Maduro sworn in as Venezuelan president

  Nicolas Maduro was sworn in Friday as Venezuela's acting president, using the occasion to launch blistering attacks on the US as well as the political opposition, which objected that the ceremony violated the country's constitution.

• Venezuela: Nicolas Maduro to take oath as acting president

  The speaker of Venezuela's National Assembly says Vice President Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in as acting president on Friday night, the same day a state funeral is held for Hugo Chavez.

• Hugo Chavez: Dozens of leaders at funeral, from Cuba to Iran

  Venezuelan officials boasted that up to 55 world leaders will attend the state funeral of President Hugo Chavez on Friday, including US bugbears Cuba, Iran and Belarus.

• Hugo Chavez: Rajya Sabha pays tributes

  The Rajya Sabha on Thursday paid tributes to former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez by observing a minute's silence in his memory.

• Hugo Chavez's body brought 'home' to military academy

  Hugo Chavez has been carried back to the military academy where he started his army career, his flag-draped coffin lying in state in the echoing halls until Friday's funeral.

• I don't want to die, said Hugo Chavez in final moments

  President Hugo Chavez died of a massive heart attack after great suffering and inaudibly mouthed his desire to live, the head of Venezuela's presidential guard said late on Wednesday.

• Kerala CPI(M) mourns Hugo Chavez

  CPI(M) in Kerala has expressed grief at the death of Venezuelan President and socialist icon Hugo Chavez.

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  'I love you Chavez!': Legions weep for late leader

  The throng waited for Hugo Chavez under a searing tropical sun, a sea of red shirts waving Venezuelan flags, clutching pictures of their leftist hero, chanting "Chavez lives! The struggle goes on!"

• Hugo Chavez lies in state with open casket for farewell

  The body of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lay in state in a half-open casket Wednesday at a military academy in Caracas, after throngs of weeping supporters lined the streets to bid farewell.

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  'Goodbye my president': Supporters cry for Hugo Chavez

  Hundreds of red-clad Hugo Chavez supporters paid tribute to the late Venezuelan leader outside his Caracas military hospital on Wednesday, weeping as they bade farewell to their hero.

• Russian President Vladimir Putin hails Hugo Chavez as 'uncommon, strong man'

  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hailed his late Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez as an uncommon and strong man who had made a huge contribution to relations between Moscow and Caracas.

• Hugo Chavez helped forge closer ties between developing nations: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday condoled the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, saying he made a tremendous contribution to the development of closer relations among the developing world.

• US rejects Venezuela's conspiracy claims over Hugo Chavez's cancer

  The United States on Tuesday rejected Venezuela's allegations of a conspiracy, saying it was "absurd" to assert Washington was somehow behind President Hugo Chavez's cancer.

• Hugo Chavez: Venezuela says election to be called within 30 days

  Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro will take over as interim president and an election will be called within 30 days, the country's foreign minister said on Tuesday, after Hugo Chavez's death.