Hugo Chavez

French stocks experienced a mixed trading session Monday as investors assessed the implications of an unexpected left-wing victory in Sunday's second round of legislative elections. At 8:30 a.m. ET, the CAC 40 index, which tracks the forty largest companies in France by market capitalization, was...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently clarified his stance on the unsubstantiated theories surrounding the 2020 election, distancing himself from former President Donald Trump‘s claims. What Happened: In a recent statement, DeSantis acknowledged that the 2020 election was not...

President Donald Trump is expected to announce whether the United States will limit or ban oil from its third-biggest exporter, Venezuela, a country of 31 million people that has descended into dictatorship and disorder. News agencies reported widely out of Washington that Trump would make an...

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez died a year ago today, and the country still isn't coping well. Major civil unrest is challenging Chavez's replacement, President Nicolas Maduro, and investors need to keep a wary eye on the situation. Why Venezuela matters: oil If Venezuela's current civil strife...

The February 12 protests in Caracas, Venezuela gained international attention after a student was killed in what began as a peaceful march through the city. Since then, much of what has happened in the South American nation has been shrouded in confusion as government controls on media outlets...

Futures Lower on Weak Chinese Economic Data U.S. equity futures traded sharply lower in the pre-market following Friday's sell off on weaker than expected economic data from China. China reported that first quarter GDP grew at a 7.7 percent annualized rate vs. 8.0 percent expected, while...

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Futures Higher on Global Services Data U.S. equity futures rose in the pre-market after the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a new all time closing high and on the back of stronger than expected services PMIs around the world. Notably, the ISM Non-Manufacturing Index in the U.S. beat...

On Tuesday, Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro confirmed that President Hugo Chavez passed away, ending a two-year bout with cancer. Chavez, 58, controlled Venezuela, South America's largest oil producer, for 14 years. Frequently an antagonist of the U.S., Chavez even blamed the U.S. for...

Rumors of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's death are back. On Thursday, Vice President Nicolás Maduro, Chavez's likely successor, took to Venezuelan television to ward off speculation of the president's passing. That came a day after CNN Chile, citing a Panamanian diplomat, reported that Chavez...

After the close of U.S. markets Tuesday, Bloomberg reported Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will not be sworn in on Thursday January 10. The likely reason is his ailing health. Chavez has been in Cuba for several weeks recovering from a fourth procedure to treat cancer. Last week, it was...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in Cuba Tuesday receiving treatment for the return of his cancer. Chavez made the announcement on Saturday, noting that Vice President Nicholas Maduro would finish the Chavez term if the controversial president were to become incapacitated. Chavez also implored...

Name the top-performing global stock market thus far in 2012. Believe it or not, a guess other than Venezuela would be wrong. The country that has been ruled by leftist President Hugo Chavez since early 1999 is home to a stunning stock market rally. Despite Chavez's penchant for socialist policies...