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Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈuɣo rafaˈel ˈtʃaβes ˈfɾi.as] ⓘ; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician and military officer who served as the 47th president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period of forty-seven hours in 2002.
2 days ago · Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela (1999–2013) who styled himself as the leader of the socialist Bolivarian Revolution.
Apr 2, 2014 · Best Known For: Hugo Chávez served as president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013. During his presidency, he sold oil to Cuba and resisted efforts to stop narcotic trafficking in...
Mar 6, 2013 · Hugo Chavez's 14 years in power saw poverty reduced and literacy increased but his Bolivarian revolution leaves many challenges for his successor, writes Latin America analyst Victor...
4 days ago · “Cradle of the revolution!” cries a sun-bleached sign welcoming visitors to Sabaneta, a town on the Venezuelan plains that was the birthplace of Hugo Chávez.
Mar 6, 2013 · CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez was a former paratroop commander and self-styled "subversive" who waged continual battle for his socialist ideals.
Mar 5, 2013 · CARACAS, Venezuela — Hugo Chávez, who died on Tuesday at 58, rose from poverty in a dirt-floor adobe house to unrivaled influence in Venezuela as its president, consolidating power and wielding...
4 days ago · Hugo Chávez - Venezuelan Leader, Socialism, Revolution: Chávez took office in February 1999. During his first year in office, his approval rating reached 80 percent, and his platform—which advocated an end to corruption, increased spending on social programs, and redistribution of the country’s oil wealth—was widely applauded.
Hugo Chávez, (born July 28, 1954, Sabaneta, Barinas, Venez.—died March 5, 2013, Caracas), President of Venezuela (1999–13). After graduating from the Venezuelan Military Academy (1975), he embarked on a career in the army.
Mar 6, 2013 · Always a showman, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday, sings folk songs with a mariachi group in the capital, Caracas, in 2005.
17 hours ago · Since the late Hugo Chávez passed the torch of his Bolivarian revolution to his loyal aide 11 years ago, Maduro has survived an almost impossible litany of threats.
Mar 6, 2013 · Charismatic and controversial, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was the most influential Latin American leader of his generation. Inspired by Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar, he was...
17 hours ago · Maduro assured last week during a campaign rally that the late President Hugo Chavez appeared to him as a “very small bird” to give him his blessing. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File) Read More. 4 of 10. FILE - Venezuela’s then acting President Nicolas Maduro holds a farm worker’s hat with the figure of a bird perched on the hat’s crown during a presidential election campaign rally in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, April 9, 2013. Maduro assured last week during a campaign rally that the ...
Feb 18, 2013 · Hugo Chavez, who won another six-year term as Venezuela's president in October 2012, is one of the most visible, vocal and controversial leaders in Latin America.
Nov 27, 2009 · Like his idol, Fidel Castro, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was one of the most garrulous and pugnacious leaders Latin America has ever known. That makes his death in Caracas today, March 5, at...
Mar 8, 2013 · Hugo Chavez started as a reforming president, intent on addressing the inequalities in Venezuelan society giving food, medical care and, above all, a political voice to the poor.
Mar 5, 2013 · CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela died Tuesday afternoon after a struggle with cancer, the government announced, leaving behind a bitterly divided nation in the grip of a...
Mar 6, 2013 · Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has died aged 58, after 14 years in power. Mr Chavez had been seriously ill with cancer for more than a year, undergoing several operations in Cuba.
Mar 5, 2013 · Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who went from a young conspiratorial soldier who dreamed of revolution to the fiery anti-U.S. leader of one of the world’s great oil powers, died March 5 ...
In December 1998, Hugo Chávez was elected president of Venezuela through democratic means. But he soon set about dismantling the constitution and eventually established himself as a kind of supreme leader.
1 day ago · Nicolás Maduro has survived an almost impossible litany of threats since becoming the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's political heir in 2013 CARACAS, Venezuela -- Nicolás Maduro struts ...
Mar 6, 2013 · Charismatic and controversial, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was the most influential Latin American leader of his generation. Inspired by Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar, he was...
The death of Hugo Chávez, 45th president of Venezuela, was announced by government officials to have been on 5 March 2013 at 16:25 VET (20:55 UTC) in Caracas, Venezuela from cancer at the age of 58. His death triggered a presidential election which was constitutionally required to be called within 30 days.
Mar 5, 2013 · Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who launched a socialist revolution in the country and galvanized anti-American sentiment in the region, has died after a nearly-two-year battle with cancer ...
4 days ago · Even former critics say her movement is the country’s most important since the one built by Hugo Chávez, Mr. Maduro’s mentor and the founder of Venezuela’s 25-year-old socialist project.
Mar 6, 2013 · Venezuelan officials called for peace and unity after President Hugo Chavez’s death on Tuesday, emphasizing in state television broadcasts that all branches of the government and the military...
Nicolás Maduro - who has been president since the death of his mentor, Hugo Chávez, in 2013 - will be running for a third consecutive term. His main challenger is Edmundo González, a former ...
2 days ago · Twelve years ago, Machado introduced herself to Venezuela’s political scene by confronting late President Hugo Chávez in Congress. Chévez, then at the peak of his power, was delivering his ...
Oct 5, 2012 · Hugo Chávez's 14 years as Venezuelan president Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD For the last 14 years, the Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez has been one of the...
Mar 6, 2013 · Some in anguish, some in fear, Venezuelans raced for home and stocked up on food and water Tuesday after the government announced the death of President Hugo Chávez, the larger-than-life ...
22 hours ago · La Habana, 27 jul (Prensa Latina) El liderazgo defensor hoy de la independencia y la soberanía de Venezuela, un legado del comandante Hugo Chávez, (1954-2013), saldrà victorioso en las urnas ...
