Hugo Chavez, 1954 – 2013: A look back through the years (PHOTOS)
Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, talks to the press as he arrives at the Santa Clara airport October 14, 2007 in Santa Clara, Cuba.
A look back through the years at Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesday, Vice President Nicholas Maduro announced.
Chavez died at 4:25 p.m. local time in Caracas, the Associated Press reported. He had been suffering following cancer treatments from severe respiratory ailments for weeks.
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