The Latest Breaking News from Hugo Chávez

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has named the ruling socialist party boss to oversee the country’s police forces

Nearly a month after the Venezuelan president’s roundup many expect him to ride out the threats to his 11-year rule

Maduro told troops he is ‘willing to do anything’ to protect his ‘revolution’ amid growing criticism of crackdown on opposition

Tens of thousands gather in Caracas defying crackdown by president to hear speech by María Corina Machado

Thousands from the capital’s favelas, once strongholds for the ‘revolution’, have faced a brutal crackdown after challenging last month’s presidential election result

Fact check: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is the leader of the Socialist Party.

Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López emphasized the "absolute loyalty and unconditional support" to Maduro from the Armed Forces. Here is a breakdown of the Venezuelan military.

Leader says ‘perverse and macabre’ electoral rivals are stoking protests as US official calls for governments to acknowledge Edmundo González Urrutia as election winner

Post-election protests are far from uncommon in Venezuela. In 2018, people took to the streets to contest President Nicolás Maduro’s reelection; they did so again in 2019 when the Venezuelan opposition proclaimed National Assembly representative Juan Guaidó as interim president in defiance of a vote they said was rigged.