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• Venezuela Sings Happy Birthday to Late President Hugo Chavez

  Supporters of Venezuela's former president Hugo Chavez celebrated what would have been his 60th birthday on Monday with fireworks, a gun salute -- and the unveiling of a computer font based on the late leader's handwriting. The full-day festivities began shortly after midnight, when President Nicolas Maduro, Chavez's hand-picked successor, sang Ha...

• Nicolas Maduro, Hugo Chavez heir, inheriting divided Venezuela

  Venezuela's newly elected President Nicolas Maduro was by Hugo Chavez's side for two decades - from his first electoral triumph in 1998 to his last breath when he died of cancer last month.

• Hugo Chavez buried after final tour of Caracas

  Late president Hugo Chavez was laid to rest at the headquarters of his failed 1992 coup attempt on Friday, a month before snap elections to pick his successor.

• Hugo Chavez's cancer: Venezuela to probe allegations of 'poisoning'

  Venezuela will set up a formal inquiry into suspicions that the late President Hugo Chavez's cancer was the result of poisoning by his enemies abroad, the government said.

• The agony of Hugo Chavez: details emerge of his final days

  Venezuela's Hugo Chavez slid into a coma the day before he died of respiratory failure after cancer spread into his lungs, sources say.

• As Venezuelans mourn Hugo Chavez, election set for mid-April

  Venezuela called on Saturday a snap election to succeed Hugo Chavez on April 14, setting the stage for a tough campaign between the late leader's political heir and the opposition in this divided oil-rich nation.

• Nicolas Maduro sworn in as Venezuelan president

  Nicolas Maduro was sworn in Friday as Venezuela's acting president, using the occasion to launch blistering attacks on the US as well as the political opposition, which objected that the ceremony violated the country's constitution.

• Venezuela: Nicolas Maduro to take oath as acting president

  The speaker of Venezuela's National Assembly says Vice President Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in as acting president on Friday night, the same day a state funeral is held for Hugo Chavez.

• Hugo Chavez: Dozens of leaders at funeral, from Cuba to Iran

  Venezuelan officials boasted that up to 55 world leaders will attend the state funeral of President Hugo Chavez on Friday, including US bugbears Cuba, Iran and Belarus.

• Hugo Chavez to be embalmed for public view

  Venezuela's Hugo Chavez will be embalmed and put on display "for eternity" at a military museum after a state funeral and an extended period of lying in state, acting President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday.

• Hugo Chavez: Rajya Sabha pays tributes

  The Rajya Sabha on Thursday paid tributes to former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez by observing a minute's silence in his memory.

• Hugo Chavez's body brought 'home' to military academy

  Hugo Chavez has been carried back to the military academy where he started his army career, his flag-draped coffin lying in state in the echoing halls until Friday's funeral.

• I don't want to die, said Hugo Chavez in final moments

  President Hugo Chavez died of a massive heart attack after great suffering and inaudibly mouthed his desire to live, the head of Venezuela's presidential guard said late on Wednesday.

• Kerala CPI(M) mourns Hugo Chavez

  CPI(M) in Kerala has expressed grief at the death of Venezuelan President and socialist icon Hugo Chavez.

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  'I love you Chavez!': Legions weep for late leader

  The throng waited for Hugo Chavez under a searing tropical sun, a sea of red shirts waving Venezuelan flags, clutching pictures of their leftist hero, chanting "Chavez lives! The struggle goes on!"