Track-It Hugo Chavez

By Nancy Thorner -  Presently Senate Democrats are moving to seek ratification of the United Nations convention on the Law of the Sea, known simply as the Law of the Sea treaty, with approval sometime in June[1].    The Law of the Sea Treaty...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez broke his weeklong silence to say that “unfortunately” he will not continue being that “runaway” horse that never slept, and said he now works only eight hours a day and sometimes less.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has broken a week-long silence following his recent cancer therapy treatment. Chavez told state TV by phone Friday that he is working eight hours daily, following his diet and resting. The Socialist leader...

Venezuela’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleum reports that the average price of Venezuelan crude sold by Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) during the week ending May 18, fell to $104.66 a barrel from the previous week’s $107.41.

After reporting that it found no oil in its well in Cuba, Repsol will likely now consider leaving the country.

Spain's Repsol oil company says a first attempt to find oil off Cuba's northern coast has been unsuccessful.

The clothing brand immediately pulled the image of Pope Benedict XVI kissing imam Ahmed Mohamed El-Tayeb from its "Unhate" campaign last year and issued an apology. But in order to settle a lingering lawsuit, Benetton agreed to make a...

Venezuela's planning minister says the South American country's economy grew 5.6 percent during the first three months of 2012.

After nearly a year of cancer treatment that has forced President Hugo Chavez to step back from the spotlight, a burly former bus driver with a dark mustache and affable smile is emerging more than ever as the president's stand-in.

A towering literary figure at home and abroad, he was pivotal in raising the profile of the hemisphere's Spanish-language writing in the second half of the 20th century.If Carlos Fuentes could have invented the perfect character to star in one of...