Diplomats must move quietly but quickly to coordinate a regional response to Chávez’s death that will press for a genuine democratic transition, and not the succession Chavistas have in mind.

Followers of cancer-stricken strongman Hugo Chávez are stunned after nearly 3 million Venezuelans voted Sunday to select a unity candidate to compete in presidential elections scheduled for October. If the opposition has any real hope of defeating Chavismo, they will have to be prepared for dirty tricks, provocations, and even a narco-coup in the months ahead.

Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez told a gathering of regional heads of government in Caracas on Saturday that, “Roger Noriega wants me to die.” That’s not quite true. Even less true is Chávez’s unbelievable assertion that four rounds of chemotherapy left him “without a single carcinogenic cell” in his body.

U.S. regulations are too cautious. Europe has adopted a more sensible approach.

Conversations with the new wave of Russia’s civil society opposition.

Reducing end-of-life costs will do little to curb the growth in Medicare spending overall. But end-of-life care provision should be reformed to match the values of patients.

Poll confirms the public's high opinion of Microsoft, saved from a court-ordered breakup by a federal appeals court ruling.

The Food and Drug Administration must use rigorous drug trials, but these tests should not be so strict as to deny cancer patients access to potentially lifesaving drugs.