After President Donald Trump recently ordered the bombing of a Venezuelan fishing boat, claiming — without presenting evidence — the 11 slain occupants were drug-smuggling gang members, the Venezuelan ...

CARACAS, Venezuela – CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hugo Chavez has opened the coffin of his idol Simon Bolivar as Venezuela investigates the president's suspicions of foul play in the South American ...

The new film The Liberator is an attempt to bring the epic story of Simon Bolivar, the George Washington of Latin America, to international audiences. Directed by Venezuelan filmmaker Alberto Arvelo, ...

Venezuela's Hugo Chávez unveiled a 3D image of South America's 19th century independence hero Simon Bolivar on Tuesday, based on bones the president ordered exhumed two years ago to test his theory ...

A dilapidated statue of Simón Bolívar, the founding father of several Latin American countries, sits off the intersection of Canal and Basin streets in New Orleans — a gift from the Venezuelan ...

Nicholas Casey, a New York Times correspondent, shared moments from his first 30 days living in Venezuela, a country in the midst of great tumult and change. Scroll down to see updates from Nick in ...

As Venezuela celebrates 200 years of its declaration of independence from Spain, the BBC's Will Grant looks at President Hugo Chavez's fascination with independence hero Simon Bolivar. Some 2,200m ...

CARACAS, Venezuela — Hugo Chavez did something a bit strange last summer. He secretly sent a team of forensic scientists to open the coffin of independence hero Simon Bolivar and exhume his remains.

This timely and stirring narrative, with breaks for interpretation and a final pause for empathetic appraisal, is the first major English-language biography of "the Liberator" in half a century.

The remains of South American independence hero Simon Bolivar have been exhumed in Venezuela to determine the cause of his death nearly 200 years ago. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered ...