Venezuelan President Chavez passes away

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has passed away at the age of 58 after a two-year struggle with cancer. The authorities have declared a week of mourning.

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CARACAS Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has passed away at the age of 58 after a two-year struggle with cancer. The authorities have declared a week of mourning. Chavez will be laid to rest on Friday in Caracas and several millions of his supporters and left-wing leaders from around the world are expected at the funeral, the Guardian has reported. Venezuelan President Chavez passes away Presidential elections will have to be held in Venezuela within 30 days. Chavez believed that Deputy President Nicolas Maduro would be a good candidate for his successor. Maduro will in the elections probably go against the opposition’s candidate Henrique Capriles who lost the previous presidential election to Chavez. According to the Constitution, parliament Speaker Diosdado Cabello will be acting president until a new head of the state is elected. Venezuela’s military brass publicly pledged their loyalty to Maduro after they had received news of Chavez’s death. In the meantime, military and police have been deployed to the streets. Maduro on Tuesday accused “Venezuela’s historical enemies” of causing Chavez’s cancer and stated that the U.S. military attache had been expelled on suspicion of espionage. He also accused the enemies in Venezuela and abroad, especially the U.S., of trying to “undermine democracy in Venezuela”. Maduro added that the U.S. was conspiring against the Venezuelan government. Chavez, who was the president for 14 years and a symbol of socialism in Latin America, died of severe respiratory infection on Tuesday evening, 21 months after he was diagnosed with cancer. He did not show up in public since he underwent surgery in Cuba three months ago. Chavez will be remembered for his strong and often satirical and humorous criticism of the U.S. and the Iraq war. He also did not try to hide his animosity toward former U.S. President George Bush, whom he often referred to as a “mule” and “devil” in his speeches. He will also be remembered as one of the most dynamic world leaders. Chavez was born in a poor family in western Venezuela in 1954. He wanted to be a painter and a professional baseball player, BBC has reported. Much like former Cuban President Fidel Castro who is well-known for his long speeches, Chavez broke his own world record in 2012 when he spoke for almost ten hours without a break, Reuters has reported. Chavez was married twice and had three daughters and a son. (Beta/AP) B92 Tanjug

Venezuelan President Chavez passes away

Presidential elections will have to be held in Venezuela within 30 days.

Chavez believed that Deputy President Nicolas Maduro would be a good candidate for his successor. Maduro will in the elections probably go against the opposition’s candidate Henrique Capriles who lost the previous presidential election to Chavez.

According to the Constitution, parliament Speaker Diosdado Cabello will be acting president until a new head of the state is elected.

Venezuela’s military brass publicly pledged their loyalty to Maduro after they had received news of Chavez’s death. In the meantime, military and police have been deployed to the streets.

Maduro on Tuesday accused “Venezuela’s historical enemies” of causing Chavez’s cancer and stated that the U.S. military attache had been expelled on suspicion of espionage.

He also accused the enemies in Venezuela and abroad, especially the U.S., of trying to “undermine democracy in Venezuela”.

Maduro added that the U.S. was conspiring against the Venezuelan government.

Chavez, who was the president for 14 years and a symbol of socialism in Latin America, died of severe respiratory infection on Tuesday evening, 21 months after he was diagnosed with cancer.

He did not show up in public since he underwent surgery in Cuba three months ago.

Chavez will be remembered for his strong and often satirical and humorous criticism of the U.S. and the Iraq war. He also did not try to hide his animosity toward former U.S. President George Bush, whom he often referred to as a “mule” and “devil” in his speeches.

He will also be remembered as one of the most dynamic world leaders.

Chavez was born in a poor family in western Venezuela in 1954. He wanted to be a painter and a professional baseball player, BBC has reported.

Much like former Cuban President Fidel Castro who is well-known for his long speeches, Chavez broke his own world record in 2012 when he spoke for almost ten hours without a break, Reuters has reported.

Chavez was married twice and had three daughters and a son.

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