Hugo Chavez: A life in pictures (PHOTOS)
Cuban President Fidel Castro (L) talks with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) during their visit to the unknown soldier monument in Campo Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela, October 29, 2000. Castro was on a 5-day official visit to Venezuela.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died at 4:25 p.m. local time in Caracas on March 5, 2013. After a more than two year battle with cancer, he succumbed to an infection and severe respiratory ailments related to his treatments. Here, a look back at his life and years as a leader.
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