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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicHugo Chavez

Topic: Hugo Chavez

‘Son of Chávez, dictator, alleged narco-trafficker’—who is Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, ‘captured’ by US

After months of strikes on Venezuelan docks, Trump Saturday declared that he had 'captured' the Venezuelan president and his wife.

As Trump seeks regime change, the long arm of anti-Americanism in Venezuela—from Chavez to Maduro

Venezuelan President Maduro has been in power for over a decade despite a failing economy & US sanctions. Genesis of the crisis between the countries began almost 30 years ago.

In 14 charts: How Venezuela became a failed state

The past two decades under Hugo Chávez’s regime have represented a brutal setback in all dimensions of social life for the Venezuelan people.

On Camera

Modi’s three Iran blunders lead to one question—where’s strategic autonomy?

Three avoidable blunders in PM Modi's handling of the US-Israel attack on Iran have laid bare the hollowness of his claims to global leadership.

India growth seen slowing as Iran conflict shows no sign of easing

Goldman Sachs last week cut its 2026 growth forecast by half a percentage point to 6.5% for the fiscal year starting April, and expects slower expansion due to India’s reliance on imported oil.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.