Abstract
This study examined news coverage of diplomatic relationship between the United States and Venezuela in three major US newspapers— the New York Times, Washington Post and Christian Science Monitor. This content analysis was conducted over two distinct stages that represented the first hundred days of the first and second presidential periods of Hugo Chavez. Data found that news coverage of diplomatic relationship between the US and Venezuela was characterized by a positive tone that described the bilateral relation in the first period. The tone had changed drastically when a negative portrayal of this relationship was covered in the second period. The most frequently cited sources included Venezuelan government officials and US government officials. Moreover, news themes relevant to Hugo Chavez were consistent across Chavez as a military man and leftist.
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