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Richard Blanco is the inaugural poet for the ceremonial swearing-in of President Barack Obama. Blanco is the youngest inaugural poet and was selected to deliver a poem during the inauguration events on January 21.

A cholera outbreak in Cuba has infected at least 51 people in the capital Havana - a city of 2.2 million residents.

Venezuela and Cuba's longtime political and economic alliance could change if Chavez prematurely leaves office.

As Cuba lifts its travel restrictions, will a new class of Cuban-American binationals emerge?

When a country's power structure is dominated by a single leader, things can turn messy quickly if the leader gets sick.

In a pretrial hearing on Wednesday, military prosecutors said they plan to use new evidence against Pfc. Bradley Manning, claiming that the information he allegedly sent to WikiLeaks was at one point seen by Osama bin Laden.

The Venezuelan Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the legislature’s decision to postpone the Jan. 10 inauguration of President Hugo Chavez amid ongoing secrecy about the true state of his health.

Venezuela will postpone the inauguration of President Hugo Chavez for a new term, scheduled for Thursday, due to health problems, the government said Tuesday.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s staunch ally Diosdado Cabello was re-elected as head of the National Assembly Saturday, with the possibility of him becoming the caretaker president if Chavez cannot be sworn in for his new term Thursday, Jan.10.

In an alarming statement Thursday night, the government said its leader is now being treated for "respiratory deficiency."

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez remains in Cuba following cancer surgery and may not appear at his own Jan. 10 inauguration.

Venezuela’s opposition Wednesday asked the government to disclose “the truth” about President Hugo Chavez’s condition, as he recuperates from a cancer surgery in Cuba.

The Venezuelan government has rebutted the rumors that President Hugo Chavez’s health condition is rapidly deteriorating.

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Among the top fines this year: sanctions-busting, deceiving the world on a benchmark interest rate, and even banking for drug lords.

As Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is recuperating from a cancer surgery in Cuba, his government officials said they will postpone his inauguration, slated to be held Jan.10, if his condition doesn’t allow him to start his new term.

As Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recovers in Cuba from his latest cancer-related surgery, his Socialist Party allies swept the country’s gubernatorial elections Sunday.

As recently re-elected Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recovers in Cuba from a cancer-related surgery, the political opposition prepares to test its support in the upcoming gubernatorial elections Sunday following its national defeat in October.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has suffered a strong bout of bleeding as an unexpected complication resulting from a cancer-related operation.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has survived a six-hour emergency operation in Cuba where surgeons removed cancerous tissue from his body.

The report, which is three years in the making, investigates whether "enhanced interrogation techniques" helped intelligence officials gather important information that otherwise would have been lost.