The Venezuelan navy recently chased off a 'nuclear-powered submarine' that violated its territorial waters, President Hugo Chavez said, without pointing to any specific country.

In a televised call t

Hugo Chavez appeared on Cuban state television on Tuesday, alongside revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, for the first time since the Venezuelan president underwent emergency surgery here.

The 56-year-o

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Libya's embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi discussed plans for an international peacekeeping mission to mediate the crisis in Libya, officials said on Wednesday.

Caracas, Jan. 17: Venezuela has overtaken Saudi Arabia as the world leader in oil reserves with certified deposits leaping to 297 billion barrels at the end of 2010, the government of the President, M

Jan. 2: President Hugo Chavez and US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton shook hands and chatted briefly on Saturday in a rare cordial encounter amid a diplomatic dispute that has left Venezuela