. >>> venezuela se despide de hugo chávez y el mundo reacciona a la muerte del presidente venezolano.obertura del tema. >>> en el ámbito local un grupo de venezolanos y latinoamericanos levanta un altar para el mandatario venezolano. >>> lo que muchos esperaban ya se hizo realidad, miles de luces en el puente de la bahía con espectaculares diseños. >>> es hora del noticiero más premiado del área de la bahía, noticias univisión 14 a las 11 >>> qué tal, muy buenas noches les saluda maría leticia gómez. >>> y león felipe gonzález, gracias por acompañarnos ♪. >>> en la plaza bolívar de caracas venezuela se congregaron los chavistas para demostrar su dolor después de la noticia del fallecimiento de hugo chávez >>> no estás muerto, hermano, tú eres mi alma. >>> el gobierno venezolano declaró 7 días de duelo nacional y la suspensión de clases hasta el próximo viernes . >>> y además en la academia militar tendrá lugar la ceremonia de despedida del jefe de estado. >>> desde caracas francisco urriezqueta nos pone al tanto de la situación en las calles de caracas, adelante, muy buenas noches. >>

. >> estas son imÁgenes que nos llegan desde venezuela despuÉs del anuncio del fallecimiento de hugosidente de venezuela estÁ muerto esta tarde eran las 4:25 de la tarde hora de caracas cuando el vice presidente de la repÚblica de venezuela, nicolÁs maduro anunciÓ el fallecimiento del presidente venezolano. tenemos una amplÍa cobertura de este controvertido lÍder que estuvo muchos aÑos en el poder. >> estamos en caracas para darnos algunas reacciones del pueblo venezolano adelante francisco. sÍ, es una noticia largomente esperada y a pesar de sus larga esperada ha sido impactante para conocer definitivamente que el presidente hugo chÁvez despuÉs de 14 aÑos de haber gobernado al paÍs falleciÓ, el anuncio lo hizo en el alto en una pantalla lo que se moviÓ en uno de las palabras colaboradores de chÁvez quiÉn comandÓ con 14 aÑos. >> mÁs duro y tragico que podamos transmitir al pueblo a las 4:25 de la tarde de hoy dÍa 5 de marzo ha fallecido el comandante presidente hugo chÁvez. >> poco despuÉs del anuncio expresÓ ron el respaldo al vice presidente maduro para preservar la paz. >> una vez

varios residentes se pronunciaron por la muerte de hugo chávez, el presidente barack obama dijo que venezuelacia un nuevo capítulo en su historia, y estados unidos esta comprometido a promover la democracia, respeto a la ley y derechos humanos. >> enrique peña nieto lamentó el fallecimiento del mandatario venezolano y extendio sus condolencias >> evo morales dijo entre lagrimas, que ahora está más vivo que nunca. >> antes de despedirnos, ofrecemos una disculpa por no poder presentar todo lo prometido por lo prometido, habrá una amplia cobertura, y le recordamos que pueden seguirnos las 24 horas del día en las plataformas sociales, en facebook, twitter, instagram, los seguimos en primer impacto la noticia de la muerte de hugo chávez, y las reacciones >> en resumen la noticia del día a las 4:25 en caracas se anuncio la muerte de hugo chávez a sus 55 años de edad, fallece, estamos pendiente en este nuevo capítulo de venezuela >> manténgase informados en univisión >> y univisión.com, nos vemos mañana en una nueva cita de impacto, estaremos ahora esperando, hasta entonces. ♪ ♪ >> son los titulares

now chavez has gone the nation's dependent on venezuela's vast oil reserves are wondering how supplies will be affected and whether they can get a bigger slice. egypt's president considers taking full military control of the rest of city of poor saeed after days of clashes resulting hundreds of injuries and at least five deaths. on the prata live a bank of bonuses in europe sees britain routed a desperate defense of the lavish executive pay outs in london's last great industry. you're watching all it's a lie from the heart of moscow it's three pm in the russian capital now our top story seven days of mourning have been declared in venezuela following the death of president hugo chavez after he lost an almost two year battle with cancer the charismatic leader had suffered a number of health complications after returning from his latest round of treatment in cuba words of sympathy poured in from across the world president vladimir putin sent sincere condolences along with other latin american states and even america a high profile delegation will travel from moscow to caracas to attend t

venezuela didn't could that. bolivia had tried to do it but the bolivian president hooked up with chavez and kind of went left with chavez. maybe now, central and south america will bring themselves back into a more flee trade group and more u.s. friendly group which would be very boon for the american people. we can buy their oil and natural gas. by the way, a lot of minerals, as well. >> they are very rich country in fuel. do you think this is an opportunity for the country. i know you worked with the state department. if you are the obama white house right now, what are you thinking. >> bob: first of all the longest death in the history of western civilization. it's been going on for two years. look, this is a country that is chock-full of natural resources. venezuela has been an ally of ours until chavez took over. there is strong opposition group that may have success at the polling place. chavez is one of the few guys who did not leave an heir apparent. that will be a problem for his people. >> let's preten

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how has the news of his death been received in venezuela at?oments ago i caught up with the bbc. >> all we know is that the president-8 about an hour ago it -- died an hour ago. this is all we know. we know the government officials met up with vice president maduro. he had a very long televised address to the nation. this was over 2.5 hours ago. during that time he was still sending out that the president hugo chavez was stable. this is all we know so far. >> the signed% the course of the day had been his health had deteriorated quite significantly. then we had this curious comment from vice president maduro earlier in the day that this was some sort of attack or plot against venezuela, and the expulsion of american diplomats. what more can you tell us about that? >> last night we have the first announcement of the deterioration of mr. chavez. later we heard today during the day that vice president maduro was blaming the foreigners for giving bad energy to the president and for inoculating him with cancer. this is a something we have heard befo

, tenemos una entrevista con maría elena salinas. >>> y también desde venezuela está el conocido periodistatenía información oficial de hugo chávez,nos habla de dónde sacaba las exclusivas. >>> tenemos una entrevista con el ex gobernador de la florida, jeff bush que habla con teresa rodríguez, de su nuevo libro "inmigration wars". >>> la ciudad de los Ángeles decidde quién será su nuevo alcalde, con nosotros está eric garzetti y nos cuenta cómo piensa ganar el voto hispano. >>> tambiÉn maría antonieta collins nos dice cómo va el proceso de elección del próximo papa y también si podemos ver un papa africano o de latinoamérica, comenzamos ♪. >>> vamos al punto con jorge ramos ♪. >>> vamos al punto hugo chávez murió y esa, esa es la noticia en venezuela y en el resto del mundo,más allá de la muerte de chávez, hay pocos detalles de su enfermedad, de cómo pasó sus últimos momentos y de los conflictos con su familia y colaboradores. >>> mucho ha ocurrido en venezuela en solo 6 días, murió chávez fue honrado por 33 jefes de estado, anunciaron que será embalsamado,el tribunal supremo permitió que m

seven days of mourning have been declared in venezuela following the death of president hugo chavez at the age of fifty eight after he lost a year long battle with cancer the charismatic socialist leader had suffered a number of health complications following his latest round of treatment in venezuela tens of thousands of grieving supporters amassed in the streets after the news broke that chavez had passed away weeping and chanting slogans the mourners vowed to continue their hero's self-styled revolution the coming days and did one of latin america's most remarkable populist roots but it also left the nation politically divided spoke about that with all of his recently returned from the country. it's often been said the child this is a very charismatic figure it's been quite clear quite evident on the streets in the campaign rallies when we were there watching him operate what china's really did for venezuela is drastically revolutionized the way the country is run and operated before choppers came to power it was largely seen close u.s. ally seen as sort of embracing the western eco

of course interested in your view on what awaits venezuela had to r.t. dot com and vote in our own line poll to let us know what you think will happen following the news of chavez's death let's go and have a look and see how the vote is going right now as i say you can visit our web site r.t. dot com to effect this pie chart here forty six percent in the blue almost half of you believe that the country will carry. and as before led by the vice president around a third say that venezuela you can see twenty nine percent might fall to the opposition which is backed as you've heard in part by the us a little less fear that the country will descend into chaos seventeen percent last year to the imminent power struggle that we've heard about and finally ten percent or so thing that venezuela will become more moderate under need new leadership and if you want to affect that pie chart then visit our website dot com. elsewhere clashes are again raging in egypt's restive city of course while president morsi is considering giving the military full control there at l

♪. >>> miles de venezolanos despiden al presidente de venezuela, hugo chávez mientras que otros presidentesistirán al fgun de estado. >>> lo queremos, lo necesitamos y lo quermeos en casa. >>> la familia deu n joven que desapareció en martijnez recibe el apoyo de cidentos de personas en una vigilia. >>> más adelante tenemos la información de qué opción tomaron los docenes. >>> un tratamiento para arreglar las uñas podría causar cáncer le diremos por qué. >>> es hora del noticiero más premiado del área de la bahía, noticias univisión 14 solo a las 11 >>> hola, ¿qué tal amigos?, muy buenas noches, les saluda león felipe gonzález. >>> y maría leticia gómez, bienvenidos. >>> aún no sabe de los detalles de un joven que está desaparecido. >>> pero la familia fue apoyada por una vigilia, adelante, beatriz. >>> cientos de personas acudieron hasta estar iglesia para dar apoyo a la flu de ryan ypedir que el joven aparezca pronto ♪. >>> a la luz se las velas, las melodías cobrababan fuerzas. >>> quiero que mi hijo sepa que lo quiero, que lo necesito, que todos estamos orando por él . >>> era el mensaj

caracas venezuela. take a look at our online poll right now at r.t. dot com ross in the way you think will happen now after the death of venezuela's outspoken president so far a large majority think the country will carry on as before second place people who think it will fall to the opposition backed by the west sixteen percent say that the country may descend into chaos and last of all that venezuela will become more moderate well what do you think lie down to r.t. dot com and have your say. a decades long a ceasefire between north and south korea could cease to exist pyongyang lashing out at its southern neighbor and the u.s. mint looming american backed sanctions still to come we find out why this time china is backing washington over its traditional ally. these children. they're serving a sentence just like their mother. the ones born in prison. for the crimes committed by their parents. to babies on our t.v. . do we speak your language anything about the law or not at the. school music programs and documentaries and spanish what matters to you b

venezuela television is reporting that hugo chavez, the president of venezuela is dead.s ago on venezuelan television. he's been very, very ill over the past several months. underwent surgery in cuba before returning to caracas, the ven venezuelan capital. there have been reports about saying how gravely ill he was and the would rs is it since his condition in cuba but now reporting that the venezuela president, hugo chavez, has passed away. this is something that so many people, not only in venezuela but throughout central america, latin america indeed here in the united states, around the world have been looking -- have been fully expecting, given how gravely ill he is. but there is also some very, very peculiar ramifications that were reported today by the vice president of venezuela. one, an allegation that, quote, foreign enemies of venezuela were involved in poisoning, if you will, hugo chavez, infecting him severely, leading to his cancer and his now, as we know, death. also today, two american diplomatic personnel, two u.s. military in caracas in venezuela were e

. >>> buenas tardes, comenzamos en venezuela donde un dÍa despuÉs de la muerte del presidente chÁvezdores lo lloran y la oposiciÓn celebra por las nuevas elecciones que se vendrÁn. >>> vamos con imagenes de la llegada del fÉretro de chÁvez a la academia militar, llegÓ en medio de una gran multitud que acompaÑÓ al traslado de los restos desde el hospital donde muriÓ el mandatario ayer. pasamos con la enviada especial angie sandoval. >>> buenas noches, la procesiÓn fÚnebre que comenzÓ la maÑana en el hospital militar tardÓ siete horas en llegar a la capilla ardiente, distancia de menos de diez kilÓmetros, una multitud tratÓ de darle a chÁvez su Último adiÓs. >>> la marea roja que lo siguiÓ en vida. >>> te amamos, padre mÍo. >>> hoy lo acompaÑÓ en su muerte. >>> la vida, el futuro de nuestros nietos, eso era chÁvez. >>> miles de venezolanos inundaron las avenidas por donde pasÓ el ataÚd con los restos del presidente chÁvez hacia la academia militar donde serÁ velado hasta su entierro. >>> encabezando la procesiÓn elena de chÁvez, madre del presidente inconsolable, su hija, el vice presi

and also in the region because he has policies you know he didn't just work in venezuela if you try to exploit those policies to his allies in the region and sort of try to create radical change in that sense to love him or hate him certainly going to be remembered. and in some parts of the world he'll certainly be remembered more than others while words of condolences flooded in from across the globe there was a notable absence from the u.s. president barack obama offered to the people of venezuela was america's commitment to promoting democratic principles and the rule of law but calling bergen he's the founder of a u.k. parliamentary group called the labor friends of venezuela he said those words are contradictory a very noble intentions however it conflicts really with the history of united states involvement in latin america i do wish that pledged to support for greater democracy what democracy seems to the american right is actually a political system that delivers a class of people who support the united states and that's his big problem when he came to power he ruptured the

caracas venezuela. their online poll at r.t. dot com or us what you think will happen to venezuela after chavez's passing so far a majority think the country will carry on as before certainly less think it will fall to the opposition aback by the west twenty percent are saying the country will descend into chaos the last of all venezuela will become more moderate what do you think lie down to r.t. dot com and click your vote. is. egypt's president mohamed morsi considering a military takeover of the restive town of port side there's after days of violent clashes that have seen more than seven hundred people wounded and five killed artie's kyra correspondent bill true has more. president mohamed morsi met with top security officials on tuesday reportedly to discuss pulling the police out of the restive city. and instead putting the military in place this is because of four days of clashes between police and antigovernment protesters in this restive city including yesterday protestors torching the national security agency building

bienvenidos comienza el proceso de elección de presidente el venezuela. >> este domingo es el primeroque los aspirantes a la presidencia de venezuela se presenten. >> y los funerales del ex presidente de venezuela hugo chavez llegan a su quinto día y aún se continuara. >> enrique capriles se presentará como candidato de la oposición a pesar de que perdío las pasadas elecciones pero ha sido el único que se le ha acercado a chavez con cientos de votos. >> capriles acepto la candidatura y la hace oficial en los días siguientes. >> y todo lo tiene que hacer en una campaña relámpago de 12 días. el vicepresidente de venezuela nicolás maduro ya comenzó con la suta. >> suya. >> que nos den fuerza para poder cumplirle al comandante hugo chavez . >> miles siguen visitando los restos del presidente chavez, >> chavez sigue siendo un oponente fuerte a la oposición aunque ya no este. >> y por cierto mientras la gente espera en fila para ver a hugo chavez se les repartes las ultimas palabras que dijo el presidente de venezuela hugo chavez cuándo dijo que votaran por vicepresidente de venezuela nicol

in venezuela. so what does this mean now for the united states and all that oil in that country venezuela is a place of enormous opportunity it has by surveys perhaps the largest reserves of oil in the world from the u.s. point of view this has enormous potential implications because a venezuela that moves away from chavez is foreign policy means a venezuela that's less welcoming to iran less friendly to russia. less friendly to castro's cuba less friendly to leftwing regimes around the hemisphere which is financed in their campaigns in and other aspects but before america jumps at the chance to explore those new opportunities it might be useful to look back at what washington's previous efforts led to what the u.s. now calls leftist populist governments in latin america came to power partly in reaction to decades of the us recklessly meddling in the affairs of the region for years washington had seen many of those countries as its outposts have to chavez was elected in one thousand nine hundred ni

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i think venezuela will become more moderate under a new leadership and go to r.t. dot com to have your say. egypt's president mohamed morsi is considering giving the military full control of the rest of town of course following days of deadly clashes at least six people have been killed and hundreds wounded in the latest wave of street battles between security forces and young egyptians artie's correspondent belcher and brings us more. president mohamed morsi met with top security officials on tuesday reportedly to discuss pulling the police out of the restive city of science and instead putting the military in place this is because of the four days of clashes between police and antigovernment protesters in this restive city protesters torching the national security agency building with additional fires in the governor had courtis and the security directorate this comes of course i had a very contentious verdict on saturday for this point saeed football massacre that took place last year in february and it started when thirty nine defendants were moved from a priso

heart of moscow it's five pm in the russian capital seven days of mourning have been declared in venezuela following the death of president chavez at the age of fifty eight after he lost a long battle with cancer the charismatic leader had suffered a number of health complications after his latest round of treatment in venezuela tens of thousands of grieving supporters amassed in the streets after the news broke that chavez had passed weeping and chanting slogans the mourners vow to continue their heroes revolution but the commandante his death has left the nation politically divided i spoke about that with. he's recently returned from the country. there you see it was much maligned abroad of course but popular support at home why was chavez such a divisive divisive figure it's quite interesting to see especially on our trip there we were there for his last election and you know it's often been said the child this is a very charismatic figure it's been quite clear quite evident on the streets in the campaign rallies when we were there watching him operate what shawn is really did for venez

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back to our life from the heart of moscow two pm in the russian capital now our breaking news in venezuelais a long standing president hugo chavez has died after losing a battle against cancer which lasted almost two years the charismatic leader suffered a number of health complications after returning from his latest round of treatment in cuba words of sympathy poured in from across the world president vladimir putin sense and sincere condolences along with other latin american states and even america a high profile delegation will travel from moscow to caracas to attend the funeral but amongst the sadness is also anger in his way his vice president nicolas maduro who broke the news and issued in the interim leadership accuse the country's historical enemies of having a hand in the death because chavez held a hard line american staunch during fourteen years in charge more on that from artie's marina portnoy. president chavez died around sixteen twenty five that's four forty five pm caracas time at a military hospital and now that as well in vice president nicolas maduro accompanied by sen

caracas venezuela. and who go chavez is a subject of our online poll on r.t. dot com or us what you think will happen after the death of a charismatic venezuelan president so far a large majority think the country will carry on as before forty two percent second place people think it will fall to the opposition backed by the west eighteen percent think the country will descend into chaos the last of all the responses that say venezuela will become more moderate well what do you think log on to argue dot com and cast your vote. meanwhile a decades long cease fire between north and south korea could cease to exist pyongyang lashing out at its southern neighbor and the u.s. of a looming american backed sanctions we find out why this time china is backing washington over its traditional ally that's still to come stay with us. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images are world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. thanks for staying with us here on r t fourteen minutes past the hour now with every

democracy and freedom are the right way to unlock venezuelas full potential. >> for now, venezuela is in seven days of official mourning. the state funeral for hugo chavez on friday is expected to be an event of epic proportions. >> live to our correspondent in caracas. can you give us a sense of the mood there after the death of hugo chavez? >> as you clearly said, there is an outpouring of supporters on all the streets. the procession is going slowly because so many people have attended. there is a lot of heartfelt grief, as you can see from his supporters. we are just waiting throughout the day until he reaches the military academy. >> hours before his death, there were some strange comments by the vice president about enemies of the nation being behind it. what did he mean there? >> a few years ago, the body of simon bolivar was exhumed to detail that he was murdered, when history showed that he died a natural death. he made comments about that, that in the future, chavez's body might do the same, and that his historic enemies are behind his sickness. at the same time, he expelled

>> in venezuela their election schedule is for april 14. there is an opposition candidate who lost to chavez on october 7. manduro has the edge. the outpouring of grief has been remarkable and quite stunning. the opposition after two electoral feats is not in great shape. the odds are is that manduro will be elected. when the economic problems become more acute, that could be a recipe for some turmoil in -- and turbulence in venezuela down the road. i think a lot of people are wondering if the support that venezuela has provided them is going to continue. my sense is that it will continue. in the short term, the new government is not going to want to cut off abruptly the aid to all these countries. support to cuba will continue. over the long term given their economic problems, it will be hard to sustain the current level of support that venezuela has to many countries in the region. tavis: is this a new opportunity to write a new chapter in regard to venezuela-u.s. relations or is this business as usual? >> they government will have some -

and venezuela might have better diplomatic relations but. chavez whether you love him or hate him he leaves norma's big shoes to fill. pepe escobar an investigative journalist for the asia times covering a lot in america says the demonization of chavez in the u.s. may continue after his death in fact obama's message was a bit ridiculous you know he said that we're going to stand united with event as well and people what kind of people does he mean does he mean that the people who elected and re-elected chavez in thirteen out of fourteen democratic elections or does he mean these people who go to new york and miami to trade martinis endemol nice job isn't a job just as evil dangerous communist this is ridiculous the most important thing in my opinion chavez in terms of a political leader he was always referring to an international revolutionary tradition from out said. he was like a nailed feats of jewel called it of modern geopolitics bigger than now it was in fact because of the war on almost all the elections that were too stupid and the t

invasion of venezuela.is behavior was increasingly criticized as clown like but he won reelection twice relying on high oil prices for his wide ambitions. in a nation of 30 million it was one man hugo chavez who controlled the presidency, the parliament, the judiciary and the media shutting down any television or radio stations which were critical of his rule and forging ahead with increased government control over the private sector. nationalize is catch phrase he would say in front of the cameras at pointing to a business or building that would suddenly by decree be under state control. he continued to enjoy strong support from venezuela's poor despite increasing street violence and one of the highest inflation rates in the world. when in good health he was a constant presence on state controlled television, doing hour long speeches that had to be carried on every channel. his absence creates a vacuum of power that opponents and supporters will no doubt try to claim. with divisions between the two sides s

venezuela is mourning its late president hugo chavez who has died at the age of fifty eight after losinghis battle with cancer now these are the latest pictures from caracas where chavez's body is being moved from a hospital there in the city to a military academy and that's where it will lie in state the funeral is due to take place on friday thousands of these socialist leaders supporters of a mast in the streets calm down his death has ended one of latin america's most remarkable populist rules but it also left the nation politically divided. paul scott spoke to a couple of who's recently returned from the country. often been said that chavis is a very charismatic figure it's. quite clear quite evident on the streets in the campaign rallies when we were there watching him operate what china's really did for venezuela is drastically revolutionize the way the country is run and operated before shoppers came to power was largely see and close u.s. ally sort of embracing the western economic model of us came from very poor background poor roots and he came to power with his self-styled so

labor friends of venezuela joining us live there from the u.k. well of course we're interested in your view on what awaits venezuela head to dot com and vote on our on line poll now of course we want you to tell us what you think will happen following the news of chavez's death and we can see that opinion is fairly divided this stage almost half believe the country will carry on as before led by the vice president a third say that the country might fall into the opposition's hands which of course is backed by the u.s. so they say a little less fear that the country will descend into chaos due to an imminent power struggle and finally less than ten percent seven percent at the moment think that the country become more moderate under a new leadership so go to r.t. dot com and have your say if you haven't done so already we could to hear from you well we are to have interviewed hugo chavez and that was before he was diagnosed with cancer and here are some of the highlights of that interview in which as usual he was never afraid to pull any punches.

dictator cordially popular and democratic leader of the people what is his legacy did he leave venezuela and his people better off why did washington demonize him so and will the chavez revolution outlived its founder. cross-talk the chavez legacy i'm joined by george took a real mar in philadelphia he's an assistant professor of political science at drexel university and author of the upcoming book we created chavez in london we have alec boyd he is a venezuelan blogger and civil and political rights activist and in washington we cross to alex mayne he is an international policy analyst at the center for economic and policy research right gentlemen cross-talk rules and effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it george what is his legacy . well i think frankly each other's legacy is twofold domestically speaking the first is the vast improvement in the social welfare of everyday venezuelans the massive decline in poverty the near eradication of extreme poverty and the provision of free health care free education to the poorest of venezuelans for the first

we've been exporting gasoline to venezuela.hey had a subpar refining record because of tragic accidents last summer. it is a mixed bag but i think it was expected within the oil community as far as back as the holidays. melissa: without question i is meaningful in the long term. we're talking about a country that either has the largest proven oil reserves or second largest after saudi arabia depending whose reports and whose numbers you believe. there is a huge player on the global oil market. >> yeah. they need the oil revenue. i think that mr. chavez and his regime had promised to sort of help the poor with it and don't know whether or not they fulfilled the problem is -- promise. i thought four years ago they would be a candidate to hit four million barrels a day of production and they headed back to two. they kicked out all the western engineers. there is hope perhaps they get the best people and brightest people in the to fix production and fix refining as well. melissa: production peaked at 6.3 million barrels. that was b

. >>> muy buenas tardes, comenzamos en venezuela donde despidieron con los mÁs altos honores al presidentevez. >>> ceremonia se llevÓ a cabo toda la tarde frente a mÁs de 30 lÍderes mundiales. sabemos que nicolÁs maduro juramenta como encargado a la presidencia, pidiÓ continuar el legado de chÁvez. >>> pasamos con nuestra enviada especial en caracas. >>> ceremonia se hizo a su imagen y semejanza, algo gigante, la espada de bolÍvar, buena dosis contra la oposiciÓn. wr fue un homenaje nunca antes visto en este paÍs para un presidente que gobernÓ 14 aÑos a su manera, la familia de hugo chÁvez estaba en primera fila junto a 33 jefe de estado y delegaciÓnes de cinco continentes que dejaron atrÁs sus diferencias para rendir tributo al presidente chÁvez en la academia militar. >>> momento de esperanza y firmeza, ni un solo paso atrÁs. >>> el lÍder de irÁn se hizo presente, al igual que los mandatarios mÁs cercanos a chÁvez, raÚl castro de cuba, rafael correa de ecuador y evo morales de bolivia. enrique peÑa nieto de mÉxico y sebastiÁn piÑera de chile hicieron guardia de honor en silencio. >>> mul

and also in the region because he has policies you know he didn't just work in venezuela if you try to export those policies to his allies in the region and sort of try to create radical change in that sense to love him or hate him certainly going to be remembered. as champion economic reform funding it with oil wealth for those where it is one of the world's biggest oil producers and nations depending on those supplies are keenly awaiting what happens next not least the u.s. or he explains. venezuela is a major player in the world oil trade its deposits are estimated at around two hundred ninety seven billion barrels as you can see just there that's comparable to those of saudi arabia the world's biggest or produce another country is currently the fifth largest oil exporter amounting to ninety five percent of the country's export earnings but actual production is far behind that's due to decades of investment since one thousand nine hundred ninety eight or output has fallen twenty five percent our production price well i can tell you that right now as far as the oil markets are con

energy department tags venezuela as the largest oil state on the planet and of course one of the venezuela is doing on our oil. i like the connection that you made between the koch brothers venezuela and the keystone pipeline of course but great people defended the koch brothers to me they said that they're there great free market capitalist see you are pushing for causes that are for civil liberties that are against the drug war can you break down why it's so dangerous to have two billionaires influence in shaping so much of the future of this country well because it will choke to death and will and will drown that is the koch brothers are the emphasis behind the x l pipeline it's true that they have their correctly deny that they have no direct ownership of the pipeline or its oil but why is the oil going always from canada always out of houston why are we taking off from canada to houston after all texas has some oil the answer is that the koch brothers refinery is at the end of the x. pipeline the flint hills refinery that's where most of the oil will end up right now they have to buy

life up to chavez the body of venezuela's longtime leader is said to be.

secondly, he absolutely swayed away from venezuela. venezuela has been able to exist and carry on because of vast amounts of oil money coming in. but the productive capacity of that country, including the oil industry has gone down sharply. went down sharply during chavez's years. >> i have a slightly different perspective on this. i think you know, chavez, if anything didn't go far enough in challenging the status quo. i think there are these different political constituencies within chavez mow. some more socialist or anarchist and so now that there might be a vying for power amongst the different constituencies and personally, i vink that chavez did not go nearly far enough. mentioned before the economic cooperatives. venezuela has the most vibrant cooperative movement in the world and yet chavez did not count his accomplishments after 2008. a lot of workers were looking for an alternative or you know, different kind of business model. and yet chavez was hesitant because you know, maybe he didn't want to alienate investors. so i thin

to deepen our partnership a majority in venezuela want to show this is honest and to. respect the choice of the venezuelan people while the countries that have relations with venezuela do the same and there was no attempt to influence that choice. amongst the crowds you know we've been there quite a lot over the last few days and one of the most popular. is that my daughter the people are safe when he was sworn in in the national assembly that was very emotional crowd support for him and he announced that he has to continue the revolution he was very emotional he was in tears as he took the presidential sash and he said that the sash that he was taking belonged to. well the embalmed body of hugo chavez will rest on public display in a glass crystal casket acting president nicolas maduro said his for his people to always have him journalist eric margolis he's been writing extensively on venezuela says there are no presidential candidates who have a charisma like chavez did he is an anti charisma at it compared to come on down to chavez superabundance of charisma he's a

we begin with breaking news out of venezuela where president hugo chavez has died chavez was venezuela's president for over fourteen years the fifty eight year old socialist leader was battling cancer since two thousand and eleven he was a charismatic and controversial figure who clashed with the united states are to correspondent megan lopez takes a look back now on his legacy. a human a soldier and a revolutionary three words this controversial figure used to answer the question who is hugo chavez beyond the myths and rumors one thing remains steadfast his adamant opposition to what he called yankee imperialism we want a balanced world a multiple or world to put an end to this era of imperialism when many world leaders were willing to take u.s. assertions at face value chavez had no problem questioning us talking points us entered iraq on us lied about bolivia they lie for a lot of causes and about chavez himself he said that the us lives so many times people actually started to believe it the most pernicious that i have my dictatorship if they keep calling me that then of course it's

is foreign policy means a venezuela that's worse welcoming to iran less friendly to. russia less friendly to castro's cuba less friendly to leftwing regimes around the hemisphere which is financed in their campaigns in and other aspects but before america jumps at the chance to explore those new opportunities it might be useful to look back at what washington's previous efforts led to what the u.s. now calls leftist populist governments in latin america came to power partly in reaction to decades of the us recklessly meddling in the affairs of the region for years washington had seen many of those countries as its outposts after chavez was elected in one thousand nine hundred nine a host of other leaders in latin america followed his example to varying extents including but not limited to ever morales in bolivia rafael correa in ecuador and then you look in nicaragua chavez may not have been as hardened in his views against washington if not for allegations of the tacit support of the bush administration in the coup against him in two thousand and two he met with bill

americans from venezuela there was seriousness is a sort of history.of course they want to topple this country and in this case we'll see the result of russian companies maybe we learn some lessons from this story because for me it's a serious question why our companies are so active in the west. because we have huge resources in the us we have green fields in eastern c b. we don't know what to do. where and why the americans to be our partners in the russian project. and at the same time when the west billion dollars when it's for me it's a very strange. let's take a quick look at the figures first of course the energy markets as expected crude remains indifferent to the news of the venezuelan. while into supported and a price that event event essentially both of them brand have been shedding value for the past four trading sessions mainly on higher than expected u.s. inventories over on wall street portrayed as active this hour the stocks are higher the nasdaq has bounced back into black over the past hour that followed a record high on the dow on tu