Late President Hugo Chavez

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  Venezuela Bans Hugo Chavez TV Series

  Venezuela has banned TV networks from broadcasting a new series on late president Hugo Chavez, calling the US-Colombian production an attack on the legacy of the charismatic socialist firebrand.

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  Unrest Warnings as Oil Giant Venezuela Set to Vote

  Venezuela's opposition will fight to seize control of the legislature from the socialist government in elections on Sunday that leaders warn risk sparking violence in the crisis-hit major oil producer.

• Controversy in Venezuela over Hugo Chavez Prayer

  A rewriting of the Christian Lord's Prayer to commemorate the late Hugo Chavez is causing controversy in Venezuela.

• Venezuela Sings Happy Birthday to Late President Hugo Chavez

  Supporters of Venezuela's former president Hugo Chavez celebrated what would have been his 60th birthday on Monday with fireworks, a gun salute -- and the unveiling of a computer font based on the late leader's handwriting. The full-day festivities began shortly after midnight, when President Nicolas Maduro, Chavez's hand-picked successor, sang Ha...

• Aruba to Hold Venezuelan Official Seeking Immunity

  A judge in Aruba ruled Friday that the highest-ranking Venezuelan official ever arrested on a US warrant must remain behind bars pending an extradition request on drug-trafficking charges, prompting Venezuela to cancel flights to the Dutch Caribbean island in retaliation.

• Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro Hits Twitter Milestone, Still Lags Mentor Hugo Chavez

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has hit a Twitter feed milestone of 2 million followers, though his cyber popularity still lags far behind that of his charismatic predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez.

• Venezuelan leader says workers see Chavez apparition at building site

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said an image of his idol and predecessor, the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, has appeared miraculously in the wall of an underground construction site.

• Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro: I sleep in Hugo Chavez's mausoleum

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is known for his devotion to late leader Hugo Chavez and now he acknowledges that he sometimes sleeps in the mausoleum where his mentor's remains are kept.

• Nicolas Maduro declares victory in Venezuela election

  Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro declared victory on Sunday in the race to succeed late leader Hugo Chavez after the electoral council announced that he had won in a close battle.

• Hugo Chavez protege invokes Venezuelan curse on opposition voters

  Venezuelan acting President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday a centuries-old curse would fall on the heads of those who do not vote for him in next week's election to pick a successor to late leader Hugo Chavez.

• Venezuelan police fire tear gas during clash ahead of vote

  Police fired tear gas in downtown Caracas on Thursday as anti-government student protesters clashed with supporters of late President Hugo Chavez in an increasingly volatile atmosphere ahead of next month's election.

• Hugo Chavez buried after final tour of Caracas

  Late president Hugo Chavez was laid to rest at the headquarters of his failed 1992 coup attempt on Friday, a month before snap elections to pick his successor.

• Final march held in honour of Hugo Chavez

  The body of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez was to be moved Friday to a former barracks in a final march to honor of the leftist leader a month before elections are held to pick his successor.

• Top Venezuelan diplomat charges US with coup plotting

  Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua charged on Tuesday that the United States had been plotting to overthrow late president Hugo Chavez.

• Hugo Chavez's cancer: Venezuela to probe allegations of 'poisoning'

  Venezuela will set up a formal inquiry into suspicions that the late President Hugo Chavez's cancer was the result of poisoning by his enemies abroad, the government said.