The National Electoral Council has announced that Hugo Chavez’s gubernatorial candidates have a lead in 17 of the country’s 22 states even as his party is poised to lose the mayoralty of Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. A total of 65%...

Unlike any relationship we’ve ever been in, the one between Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and actor Sean Penn seems to be moving forward. You may remember Mr. Penn from such cinematic greats as Fast Times At Ridgmont High and...

The Venezuelan government has shut down all McDonald’s across the nation for a period of 48 hours, citing tax irregularities: The head of the country’s tax agency, Jose David Cabello, said the chain had inconsistencies in its accounts. The...

We do hope Sarah Palin’s got her Foreign Relations Binoculars polished, because Russia and Venezuela have joined together so that Hugo Chavez can build nuclear technology: Chavez said he accepted an offer from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for...

Like Mary Poppins’ magic bag, more and more just keeps coming out of this infamous Venezuelan suitcase. The “Valijagate” circus started back in August 2007, when Buenos Aires customs authorities stopped Venezuelan-American businessman, Guido Antonini Wilson, with $800,000 stuffed...

We were going to post a video of the Mexican Independence Day grito, but this one is, uh, a little more interesting. It’s Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, throwing the United States Ambassador to Venezuela, Patrick Duddy, out of...

Hey, not to bum you out on September 11th or anything, but Hugo Chavez just welcomed some Russian bomber jets into his place for some pre-training for that nuclear powered battleship testing he’s planning with the Russian navy. You...

Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza will appear, presumably clothed in something more than eyeliner and a belly chain, on an upcoming episode of Top Chef, since she is so renowned for her kick-ass cooking skills and all. Or because she...

More beauty pageant drama! Miss Universe winner Dayana Mendoza of Venezuela may be asked to give up her crown because of a few semi-nude photos she took as part of an ad campaign for some seriously heinous jewelry… that...

Beauty pageants have always been something of a mystery to us. We don’t usually wear a sparkly crown and lucite heels whilst frolicking on the beach in a bikini and answering hard-hitting questions like whether we think a woman...

Venezuelan President and tiny, little roller Hugo Chavez is flying to Spain next week as part of a European tour to meet up with Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and (heh-heh) King Juan Carlos. You might recall the...

Did you awake this morning under the impression that you were the best and brightest bikini-clad body in all the universe? Well, you’re wrong. That honor goes to Dayana Mendoza from Venezuela, who won the title of “Miss Universe...

Marisabel Rodriguez, Hugo Chavez’s ex-wife pictured above, has announced this week that she will run for mayor of her Venezuelan hometown with the opposition party Podemos. Rodriguez has been rather outspoken against Chavez’s shenanihans since the two divorced in...

Venezuelan President and international lady killa Hugo Chavez has signed an “intelligence law” that would encourage citizens to spy on and report one another’s actions to the government. After all, sharing is caring: “It’s a system just like Cuba,”...

Having learned that perhaps being stupid is not always the best option, Venezuelan network Televen has put “The Simpsons” back on the air. It was initially yanked due to concerns of turning young Venezuelan babies into violent, foul-mouthed whores,...

Demonstrations are set to be held in Miami and other cities today to mark the 6th anniversary of a series of protests and a brief coup d’état against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. We’ll bring cupcakes: The protests will be...

A television station in Caracas called Televen recently decided to pull The Simpsons from their 11 am lineup after viewers complained it was not an appropriate show for children who are watching at that hour. Fair enough, we guess....

Venezuela is dismissing documents from Colombia that link President Hugo “Cha Cha” Chavez to Colombian terrolutionaries Farc - $300 million dollars’ worth of linkage, to be precise: The Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that it would return to Colombia documents...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is angrily spitting little soggy flecks of coca leaf left and right over Republican Presidential hopeful John McCain, accusing the frosty-haired former POW (And former WOW. Check that picture!) of trying to start a war...

Peruvian magazine, Caretas has an attention-getting cover this week for the Hugo-Chavez-is-funding-FARC story. Albeit, a little disturbing this early in the morning. Sorry for any breakfasts that just upchucked. After the jump, check out a photo of a rather...

In case anyone was wondering why, exactly, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is oh so very invested in Farc, a Colombian terrorist revolutionary group, wonder no more. Documents found on slain Farc leader Raúl Reyes confirm long-standing suspicions that money...

Never one to leave us without fodder for our little website, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez worked himself into a tizzy this weekend over some military strikes Colombia committed in a cross-border raid against a leading FARC rebel commander taking...

“Mission Miracle,” a healthcare initiative conceived by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, is providing free eye care to poor Nicaraguans. While Venezuelans are kind of left to rot. But whatevs! Eye love you, Nicaraguans: The evolution of the program into...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has taken steps to eradicate English from businesses, asking his country’s phone company workers to use Spanish equivalents of Anglo-dominated business and technical phrases like “Crazy Language Nazi:” Through a campaign launched Monday, newly nationalized...

Hugo Chavez, who seems to have a lot of free time for the ruler of a nation, spoke with Cuba’s new president in five decades, Raul Castro, on the phone during his weekly radio show: Chavez and Raul Castro...

We love Mana lead singer Fher Olivera, (Did you know that’s his last name? Us either!), if for no other reason than his Jesus complex is rivaled only by Bono’s. So when Fher takes time off from asking where...

Just in time to make you extra glad you have a nice, tall glass of Freedom Milk to go with your Russell-Stover-binge-session-streaked face, Hugo Chavez has threatened to nationalize Nestle and Parmalat plants in Venezuela: Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez...

Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Paulina Rubio, David Beckham and many other famous names have voiced their support for Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz after he was barred from performing in Venezuela, presumably because of his publicized condemnation of Hugo Chavez:...

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has threatened to cut the U.S. off from Venezuelan oil if our country does not stop what he calls an “economic war” against his. Waged by giant purple giraffes wearing ascots: His warning came days...

Alejandro Sanz, drunk on the media attention that has been lavished on him as a result of being banned from playing in Venezuela, or maybe on San Miguel, just won’t let that whole Venezuela thing die: During his concert...

Venezuelan fans of Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz’s lite-rock crooning and oil-drenched locks are sure to be disappointed to find out that the musician’s Venezuelan concert has been canceled. Sanz was originally set to play a concert on Valentine’s Day,...

Four gunmen in Venezuela who held over 30 people hostage in a bank before attempting to make a getaway in an ambulance have turned themselves in. Cue slide whistle: The gang surrendered and five captives they took with them...

It’s widely suspected that Hugomi got their start during their now infamous British GQ interview from October of last year. So the editors of Guanabee went back to the beginning to provide you with in between the lines analysis...

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has called on several South American and Caribbean countries to band together against the U.S. and the evils of capitalism: Mr Chavez has some key allies in his fight against capitalism, globalisation and the US....

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has been accused of stealing over 500 tons of food from Alimentos Polar, a major food distribution and one of the largest private businesses in Venezuela. There goes his diet. Although we guess a man...

The New York Times has a story today about the influx of middle and upper-class Venezuelans moving into Florida since Hugo Chavez’s rise to power: According to census data, the Venezuelan community in the United States has grown more...

Clara Rojas and Consuelo Gonzalez have finally been freed after having been held as hostages by Farc for several years. The two women were flown from Colombia to Venezuela: Earlier they were flown out of the Colombian jungle by...

You might recall that Farc had decided to hand over three hostages, including former aide Clara Rojas’ son, a young boy fathered by one of their guerrilla members, over to Hugo Chavez because he’s such a swell kind of...

In an effort to reduce Venezuela’s inflation rate, the highest in Latin America, President Hugo Chavez has revived the colonial “locha” coin: The locha is worth 12.5 cents, or an eighth of a new “strong bolivar,” a currency that...

This past Friday, while most of you were probably, ironically, drinking Cuba Libres until you soiled your Hugo Chavez hotpants and woke up covered in body oil, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was in Cuba talking petroleum:...

A Venezuelan armed forces intelligence captain was found carrying over $800,000 in Bolivia. Suspicious… or delicious?: A Bolivian police commander said the man was carrying a contract worth $870,000, not cash. But opposition Sen. Walter Guiteras and a community...

Venezuelan Interior Minister Pedro Carreno is really gung-ho about socialism, not so enthused when it comes to being called out on being something of a capitalist. Watch how flustered he becomes when a reporter asks how he reconciles spouting...

Univision’s Spanish-language Republican debate this past weekend touched upon two of our favorite, most touchable world leaders: Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro. After all, with the debates being held in Miami, it was inevitable that the two would come...

The Venezuelan government would like to wish you a Happy Hanukkah by raiding your favorite Hebrew social club in search of explosives and guns. Festive!: The raid on La Hebraica late Saturday night occurred just hours before Venezuelans went...

The Gay Shrink is a board certified psychologist. His opinions are his own, though we totes believe whatever the hell he says. Today he weighs in on someone never far from our thoughts. Is it me, or is the...

Hugo Chavez faced his first ever electoral defeat last night, as 51% of voters chose not to allow constitutional reforms that would let Chavez be indefinitely eligible for re-election. Shit! No! Please tell us “Alo Presidente” will go on...

Venezuelan President and never-shutter-upper Hugo Chávez summoned Pavel Rondón, the country’s ambassador to Colombia, back to Caracas, exacerbating the existing rift between the two countries and their leaders. Duh-rama!: Chavez turned on [Colombian] President Alvaro Uribe Nov. 25, calling...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is demanding King Juan Carlos I of Spain apologize for telling him to shut up. He also hinted that he wasn’t above hitting Spain where it hurts, by reducing the Spanish siesta from twenty-five to...

Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez has been voted the number five sexiest man in his country in a recent poll. You’re still number one in our book, papi: A poll said on Thursday the fifth-most desired man is Chávez, whose...

Eight people, including students from the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), were injured after masked gunmen fired into a crowd of protesters: Photographers for The Associated Press saw at least four gunmen — their faces covered by ski masks...