Hugo Chavez through the years

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President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, died Tuesday at age 58.

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2012 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez dances after speaking at his closing campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela. Chavez is running for re-election against opposition candidate Henrique Capriles in presidential elections on Oct . 7. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

A woman carries an image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez before a mass in support of him in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Chavez is recovering favorably despite suffering complications during cancer surgery in Cuba, his vice president Nicolas Maduro said Thursday amid uncertainty over the Venezuelan leader's health crisis and the country's political future. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

In this July 24, 2012 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds up a pair of pistols that he says belonged to Venezuela's independence hero Simon Bolivar during a ceremony marking 229th anniversary of Bolivar's birth at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. Bolivar is the namesake of Chavez's Bolivarian Revolution movement, and his government is putting the finishing touches on a new mausoleum to house Bolivar's remains. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2005 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, speaks to Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva during a ceremony at the Suape Harbor Industrial Complex in the northeastern city of Recife, Brazil. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 that Chavez has died. Chavez, 58, was first diagnosed with cancer in June 2011. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini, File)

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FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2012 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez dances after speaking at his closing campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela. Chavez is running for re-election against opposition candidate Henrique Capriles in presidential elections on Oct . 7. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

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