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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez passed away on March 5, 2013 in Caracas after a long fight with cancer.
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In this undated photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Hugo Chavez, right, sits with his brother Adam in Barinas, Venezuela.Credit:AP/Miraflores Press Office
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In this undated photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Hugo Chavez is seen in a family photo in Barinas, Venezuela.Credit:AP/Miraflores Press Office
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In this undated photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Hugo Chavez, right, sings folkloric Venezuelan music during an event at the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela.Credit:AP/Miraflores Press Office
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In this July 5, 1975 photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Hugo Chavez, center, poses with his mother Elena Frias and father Hugo de los Reyes Chavez at his graduation from the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela.Credit:AP/Miraflores Press Office
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This file picture shows Venezulean President Hugo Chavez (R) before graduating as a Lieutenant from military academy in Caracas on July 5, 1975.Credit:AFP
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In this undated photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Lieutenant Hugo Chavez poses for a photo at the Military Academy in Caracas, Venezuela.Credit:AP/Miraflores Press Office
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In this undated photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Hugo Chavez poses as he serves time in the Yare II prison near Caracas, Venezuela.Credit:AP/Miraflores Press Office
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In this Feb. 5, 1992 file photo, paratroop commander Hugo Chavez, center, is escorted by military intelligence officers after being arrested for trying to overthrow Venezuela's government in a coup.Credit:AP/ANDRES LEIGHTON
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In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Hugo Chavez, top left, poses with fellow members of the failed coup as they serve time in Yare II jail near Caracas, Venezuela.Credit:AP/Miraflores Press Office
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This file picture shows retired Venezuelan military officer Hugo Chavez (L) meeting with Cuban President Fidel Castro (R) upon his arrival at Jose Marti Airport in Havana 13 December, 1994.Credit:AFP/ADALBERTO ROQUE
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In this Feb. 4, 1999 file photo, Venezuela's newly sworn in President Hugo Chavez salutes the crowd next to his wife Marisabel Chavez during a military parade commemorating the seventh anniversary of his failed 1992 coup in Caracas, Venezuela.Credit:AP/Douglas Engle
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In this Oct. 11, 1999 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez wears a Great Wall cap as he runs on a section of the Great Wall of China, north of Beijing.Credit:Ap/Xinhua
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In this Feb. 25, 1999 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, wearing the national baseball team uniform, pitches to Chicago Cubs out fielder Sammy Sosa during a batting exhibition at Universtity Stadium in Caracas, Venezuela.Credit:AP/Andres Leighton
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In this July 24, 2000 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds Simon Bolivar's sword at an event celebrating the independence hero's 114th birthday in Caracas, Venezuela.Credit:AP/Andres Leighton
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In this Aug. 11, 2000 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, front right, walks with Iraqi's President Saddam Hussein at Saddam airport in Baghdad, Iraq. Chavez, the first national leader to visit Iraq since the Gulf War in 1991, was leaving the country after a short visit as part of a tour of OPEC countries.Credit:AP
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In this Oct. 28, 2000 file photo, Cuba's President Fidel Castro, left, talks with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Barinas, Venezuela, near Chavez's hometown of Sabaneta.Credit:AP/Jose Goitia
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In this Aug. 12, 2001 file photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Cuba's President Fidel Castro, left, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez wave to a crowd while touring Canaima National Park in eastern Venezuela in a canoe.Credit:AP/Egilda Gomez
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In this Oct. 12, 2001 file photo released by the Vatican, Pope John Paul II shakes hands with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez during a private audience at the Vatican City Friday.Credit:AP/Arturo Mari
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In this Oct. 28, 2000 photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, speak with Cuba's Fidel Castro during a friendly baseball game in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.Credit:AP/Miraflores Press Office
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In this July 15, 2001 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, his wife Marisabel with their daughter Rosa Ines watch a parade on Children's Day in Caracas, Venezuela.Credit:AP/Ivan Gonzalez