Topic: Caracas

Chavez bars nominated U.S. envoy to Venezuela

CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez said he would not allow the newly nominated U.S. ambassador, Larry Palmer, to take up his post in Caracas after what he said were viewed as offensive comments about Venezuela."How do you think, Obama, that I ...

Chavez says Obama did "nothing" to deserve Nobel

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's socialist leader Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that U.S. President Barack Obama had done nothing beyond wishful thinking to earn the Nobel Peace Prize.Chavez, who has mixed praise for Obama personally with criticism of his government's " imperialist" ...