The New York Times
Monday, March 11, 2013 - 00:00
The winner will serve the remainder of Mr. Chavez's current six-year term, which began in January
Monday, March 11, 2013 - 00:00
He did not make direct reference to the decision to embalm Chavez and put him on permanent display, but he said: "You are playing politics with the president's body."
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 00:00
The procession on Wednesday stretched for miles, a river of red with drivers and motorcyclists trailing behind in an impromptu cortege
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 00:00
The legacy of Mr. Chavez's Bolivarian revolution remains more limited than he would have liked
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 00:00
An end to the Cuba embargo would send a powerful signal to all of Latin America that the United States wants a new, warmer relationship with democratic forces seeking social change throughout the Americas.
Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 00:00
The puzzlement over what sort of leader Mr. Maduro will prove to be extends to Washington, where American policy makers have been feeling out Mr. Maduro for months, years even.
Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 00:00
If a public figure dies without leaving ideas, his legacy and his spirit come to an end as well. This was not the case for Mr. Chavez.
Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 00:00
"He couldn't speak but he said it with his lips . . . 'I don't want to die. Please don't let me die,' because he loved his country, he sacrificed himself for his country," Gen. Jose Ornella told The Associated Press
Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 00:00
No official announcement was made as of Wednesday morning about a schedule for elections or whether Mr. Maduro has formally taken charge of the presidency
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 00:00
The endless debate about whether Mr. Chavez was a dictator or democrat — he was in fact a hybrid, an elected autocrat — distracted attention, at home and abroad, from the more prosaic issue of competence