Con la muerte de Chávez desaparece uno de los políticos más influyentes y polémicos de América Latina de las últimas dos décadas. Además, deja en el aire el futuro del movimiento populista creado en torno a su figura, con el reto de llenar un vacío inmenso. Chávez ganó las elecciones presidenciales el pasado 7 de octubre, en una campaña en la que dosificó sus apariciones. Debía jurar su cargo el pasado 10 de enero, pero ante la imposibilidad física de hacerlo el Tribunal Supremo del país permitió que ejerciera de presidente ausente. Ni siquiera tras su regreso a Caracas, el pasado 18 de febrero, estuvo en condiciones de cumplir el trámite constitucional.............http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2012/12/31/actualidad/1356959661_172483.html
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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez dead at 58.....
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήVenezuela's President Hugo Chavez has died, his vice-president has announced.
Mr Chavez had not appeared in public since he returned to Venezuela last month after cancer treatment in Cuba.
An emotional Nicolas Maduro made the announcement on Tuesday evening, flanked by leading Venezuelan political and military leaders.
Earlier, he said the 58-year-old Venezuelan leader had a new, severe respiratory infection and had entered "his most difficult hours".
One of the most visible, vocal and controversial leaders in Latin America, the former army paratrooper won the presidency in 1998 and had most recently won another six-year presidential term in October 2012.
Last May, he said he had recovered from an unspecified cancer, after undergoing surgery and chemotherapy in 2011 and a further operation in February 2012.
However, in December 2012, he announced he needed further cancer surgery in Cuba, and named his Vice-President, Nicolas Maduro, as his preferred successor should the need arise.
Mr Chavez remained out of public view, finally returning to Venezuela in February.
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Hugo Chavez
Born 28 July 1954 in Sabaneta, Barinas state, the son of schoolteachers
Graduated from military academy in 1975
Had four children
Keen baseball player
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21679053
5/3/13