Showing posts with label Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies of cancer
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died after a two-year battle with cancer, Vice President Nicolas Maduro has announced.
Maduro, flanked by political and military leaders, made the announcement on Tuesday evening on national television.
"We have just received the most tragic and awful information. At 4:25 p.m. (2055 GMT) today March the 5th, President Hugo Chavez died," a tearful Maduro said, directly from a Caracas military hospital.
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