Magazine Articles
AMERICAS BRIEFING
Venezuela may be in the grips of “21st-century socialism” but that barely registers with the luxury-brand, bag-wielding, BlackBerry-using elite who crowd the country’s malls.
AMERICAS BRIEFING
President Hugo Chávez has declared an electricity emergency.
AMERICAS BRIEFING
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez addresses his people at every opportunity, including on his live chat show, with lively rhetoric on social reform.
Q&A
Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez faces a new challenge - a charismatic opposition politician who believes he will soon be mayor of Caracas.
AMERICAS BRIEFING
President Chávez has developed a global bartering network where he swaps oil for everything from nutmeg to doctors.
AMERICAS BRIEFING
President Hugo Chávez has played host to some unusual guests.