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Sunday 27 September 2020
Locals have reported troops firing at buildings and people in the capital as tensions escalate.
Ireland’s ambassador to Mexico Sonja Hyland was in attendance in Havana last night.
Opposition lawmakers said they were denied speaking rights as they refused to recognise the election of Nicolas Maduro as successor to Hugo Chavez.
It’s finally official after demands for recount: The acting president will succeed the late Hugo Chavez, beating his opponent by just over 1 per cent.
Nicolas Maduro, who had been acting president since the death of Hugo Chavez, won 50.66 per cent of the vote last night.
Venezuelan’s went to the polls today to vote in a successor to Hugo Chavez.
The acting president of Venezuela said preparatory steps to put Hugo Chavez’s body on display should have been taken much earlier.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
Henrique Capriles will run in elections to replace late President Hugo Chavez.
We’ve lost a colourful world leader who genuinely seemed to have the best interests of his people at heart. But the facts don’t lie – Chávez’s economic legacy is a warning against statist socialism, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Venezuelan vice president Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in later today and said that Chavez will be kept in a glass casket “for eternity”.
“I don’t want to die. Please don’t let me die,” the late Venezuelan president is quoted as saying according to the head of the presidential guard.
Expectations are that the government will hold elections within the next month as Venezuela faces uncertainty following the death of the leftist leader.
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Reaction from world leaders to the death of the Venezuelan president yesterday has been mixed.
The fiery populist has died following a nearly two-year bout with cancer.
Hugo Chavez has spent more than two months in Cuba for cancer surgery and treatment.
“Nobody is going to stop this revolution. We are making history,” leftist leader Rafael Correa declared as he secured a third term in office.
The government said the riot was set off after inmates at the Uribana prison rebelled against prison authorities who had launched a sweep of the facility in search of illicit weapons.
El Pais published a photograph it said was of ailing president Hugo Chavez in his hospital bed – provoking a furious reaction from Venezuela.
The brother of Hugo Chavez says reports that the family is discussing ending life support for the Venezuelan leader are totally false.
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Hugo Chavez’s top aides say the opposition and the media have used the Venezuelan president’s poor health to wage a “psychological war” to destabilise the country.
The Venezuelan president has developed new complications from an infection after undergoing his latest round of cancer-related surgery.
Chavez has not disclosed details of the type of cancer has has but in a significant move he has designated his successor, vice president Nicolas Maduro.
The Venezuelan president said he was very happy to be back but did not elaborate on his health.
Facing his sternest test yet, the socialist leader saw off the challenge of Henrique Capriles in yesterday’s election and could now complete 20 years in office.
Hugo Chavez has been in power for almost 14 years – but his opponent in the presidential election is in a statistical dead heat with the president in opinion polls.
The Venezuelan president has urged his citizens to avoid sugary soft drinks – and instead go for grape juice. But why?
The gesture has been criticised by some and mocked by others who worried about the other 2,999,999 followers.
Government critics and supporters alike are amused at the suggestion of a pundit on a state-run TV station.
The Venezuelan president rallied thousands of supporters who welcomed him home after receiving cancer treatment in Cuba.
The Venezuelan leader has undergone surgery for another potentially cancerous tumour.
The Venezuelan leader says he will still run in October’s presidential election despite the recurrence of his illness.
Hugo Chavez has welcomed Iran’s president onto Venezuelan soil and called for his country to leave a World Bank-affiliated body. Meanwhile, Washington has expelled Venezuela’s consul general in Miami.
The Venezuelan president insisted he was merely thinking aloud. It follows news that Argentina’s president is the latest Latin Americna leader to be diagnosed with cancer.
The Venezuelan president has been undergoing treatment in Cuba and now says he is free of the illness.
The Venezuelan president said he expects to return home within the coming days with “good news” after undergoing tests in Cuba.
The Venezuelan president said he is doing well following his second round of chemotherapy.
ANY SIGNIFICANT LEVEL of flu in the community could lead to the Covid-19 test and trace system being overwhelmed as people present with similar symptoms, health experts say.
Chief Clinical Officer Dr Colm Henry told TheJournal.ie that because flu and Covid-19 both seriously impact on vulnerable and older groups, health officials want to “avoid a twin attack on the same populations” in Ireland.
He said the focus will also be on keeping down the level of flu among those who will not be seriously ill with it, but who may pass it on to those vulnerable groups.
This is why the flu vaccine without charge has been extended to a number of other groups this year, including to children aged two to 12. Previously this applied only to those over the age of 70.
So, today we want to know: Do you plan to get the flu vaccine this upcoming winter?
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