Venezuela

The Venezuelan president was a polarising figure – someone who could bait George W Bush on TV while championing the poor and presiding over a unique social experiment in the country he led.

George Galloway, who knew Hugo Chavez well and spent two weeks working on his campaign in Venezuela last year, says the leader stood for the kind of things Labour used to stand for.

Hugo Chavez rekindled the dreams of the Latin American left. Watch Jonathan Rugman’s obituary of a man who referred to George W Bush as a donkey and the devil.

The streets of the Venezuelan capital Caracas becomes a sea of humanity as tens of thousands come to join in scenes of public grief at the passing of their former leader, Hugo Chavez.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has died aged 58 after battling cancer for almost two years.

In this report from March 2006, Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman looks at the growing tensions between Venezuela, led by the populist Hugo Chavez, and the US.

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is facing his “most difficult hours” since his cancer operation in December as the country’s top officials gather for emergency talks. Matt Frei has the latest.

Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez is “fighting for his life”, the country’s vice-president said on Friday, despite having returned to the capital, Caracas, two weeks ago.

Rather like my experience in one of Venezuela’s jails, it has often been hard with Hugo Chavez to tell how much was comedy, how much deadly serious, Foreign Affairs correspondent Jonathan Rugman reflects on the president’s legacy.

As crowds fill Venezuela despite no presidential inauguration, Washington Correspondent Matt Frei speaks to people in Caracas about their ailing leader.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez will miss Thursday’s scheduled swearing-in ceremony for his fourth term due to health problems, the country’s government announces.

The opposition in Veneuzela wants the government to disclose the true state of Hugo Chavez’s health. Due to be sworn in as president in a week, he’s not been seen in public for a month.

With concern growing over the health of Venezuela’s president, does his cult of ‘Chavista’ personality mean the country is doomed to political instability if he dies?

Jubilant supporters of Venzuela’s Hugo Chavez take to the streets as the country’s socialist leader wins his fourth term as president.