Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died from complications related to cancer. He was 58.

The Latin American leader underwent four surgeries since he was first diagnosed with cancer in June 2011.

His last cancer surgery in Havana, Cuba, on Dec. 11, was followed by several complications including a severe respiratory infection and bleeding. His condition was a source of speculation—there was little information available, and the little information that came to light came from government sources.

On Feb. 18, Chavez had quietly returned to Venezuela from Cuba, but the public hadn’t seen him in months.

He had four children. The president was married to Venezuelan journalist Marisabel Rodriguez from 1997 to 2004. They had a daughter, Rosines Chavez. He had three children with his first wife Nancy Colmenares.

Hugo Chavez: Venezuela’s most controversial leader

Hugo Chavez, a member of the Fifth Republic Movement political party, was first elected as president of Venezuela in 1998 in a landslide election, where he won over 56 percent of the vote. He had remained in power for 14 years, winning three elections.

Chavez won his last six-year term as president in October 2012 and was inaugurated on Jan. 10, 2013, but he couldn’t attend the inauguration because he was in a delicate condition after his surgery in Cuba.

Venezuela’s Constitution states that if the current president dies or is incapacitated in the first four years of their term, a new election must be held within 30 days.

Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias was born on July 28, 1954, in Sabaneta, in the province of Barinas, Venezuela. He was raised in a humble household and like many young Venezuelan men joined the military at 17-years-old for opportunities. He graduated at the top of his class from the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences in Caracas.

He was successful in his military career, reaching the rank of army lieutenant colonel and later president. Chavez became known for helping Venezuela’s poor through housing and state-run grocery stores, among other programs.

In 1992, as Venezuela faced austerity measures known as El Caracazo, Chavez initiated a military coup to overthrow President Carlos Andres Perez’s government. However, the coup failed and Chavez was imprisoned for two years. Two years later he was pardoned by President Rafael Caldera.

Chavez’s bold move propelled him into politics where he co-founded the populist movement called the “Bolivarian Revolution” in Venezuela, which nationalized some industries including Venezuela’s prized oil and instituted programs for the poor.

He named the Bolivarian Revolution after Simon Bolivar, the revolutionist who fought against the Spanish empire.

Chavez was not without controversy. His socialist government gained many critics, including the United States, as well as many supporters—many of whom included Latin American leaders and Hollywood elites.

During the Bush administration, Chavez gave one of his most ostentatious speeches to the United Nations where he called President George W. Bush “the devil.” He also accused him of “fighting terror with terror” following the war in Afghanistan.


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tru o.

May his soul RIP

Oil money could not save him from cancer!
Money cannot buy life.

Am sure america is happy

Sunre oh

RIP

waoh.........

dancing alanta! guez y?

WOW

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died from complications related to cancer. He was 58.

The Latin American leader underwent four surgeries since he was first diagnosed with cancer in June 2011.

His last cancer surgery in Havana, Cuba, on Dec. 11, was followed by several complications including a severe respiratory infection and bleeding. His condition was a source of speculation—there was little information available, and the little information that came to light came from government sources.

On Feb. 18, Chavez had quietly returned to Venezuela from Cuba, but the public hadn’t seen him in months.

He had four children. The president was married to Venezuelan journalist Marisabel Rodriguez from 1997 to 2004. They had a daughter, Rosines Chavez. He had three children with his first wife Nancy Colmenares.

Hugo Chavez: Venezuela’s most controversial leader

Hugo Chavez, a member of the Fifth Republic Movement political party, was first elected as president of Venezuela in 1998 in a landslide election, where he won over 56 percent of the vote. He had remained in power for 14 years, winning three elections.

Chavez won his last six-year term as president in October 2012 and was inaugurated on Jan. 10, 2013, but he couldn’t attend the inauguration because he was in a delicate condition after his surgery in Cuba.

Venezuela’s Constitution states that if the current president dies or is incapacitated in the first four years of their term, a new election must be held within 30 days.

Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias was born on July 28, 1954, in Sabaneta, in the province of Barinas, Venezuela. He was raised in a humble household and like many young Venezuelan men joined the military at 17-years-old for opportunities. He graduated at the top of his class from the Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences in Caracas.

He was successful in his military career, reaching the rank of army lieutenant colonel and later president. Chavez became known for helping Venezuela’s poor through housing and state-run grocery stores, among other programs.

In 1992, as Venezuela faced austerity measures known as El Caracazo, Chavez initiated a military coup to overthrow President Carlos Andres Perez’s government. However, the coup failed and Chavez was imprisoned for two years. Two years later he was pardoned by President Rafael Caldera.

Chavez’s bold move propelled him into politics where he co-founded the populist movement called the “Bolivarian Revolution” in Venezuela, which nationalized some industries including Venezuela’s prized oil and instituted programs for the poor.

He named the Bolivarian Revolution after Simon Bolivar, the revolutionist who fought against the Spanish empire.

Chavez was not without controversy. His socialist government gained many critics, including the United States, as well as many supporters—many of whom included Latin American leaders and Hollywood elites.

During the Bush administration, Chavez gave one of his most ostentatious speeches to the United Nations where he called President George W. Bush “the devil.” He also accused him of “fighting terror with terror” following the war in Afghanistan.

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Guess America will be happy now. They were the only ones complaining about his government while Venezuelans never complained because he WORKED for the ordinary Venezuelan man. R.I.P sir

i am not BOKO HARAM BUT finally ? he goes tO see the LORD ..

ajbest: RIP

waoh.........

dancing alanta! guez y?

...why are u dancing

Wht a pity.rip,dead is inevitable

This is the best news for the West right now

rip chavez

rip chavez.saw it on CNN, have to come to Nairaland to CONFIRM.

Death where is thy sting. May his soul rest in perfect peace.

he got his wish and died in power

remains one other person that was gone for 100 days who does not want to properly take care of himself
is fidel castro still alive//

I'l rmbr him for his stiff resistance to d west policies...I hope to b more of his type when I become Nigerian President..RIP!

Shyyyyy RIP presido

1 less enemy 4 America..

alala dakosta: rip chavez.saw it on CNN, have to come to Nairaland to CONFIRM.

U saw it on a whole CNN and u still needed 2 confirm 4rm nairaland..

Doctor tell husband say him wife born pikin, husband rush go outside dey ask receptionist weda na tru. U don act 4 nollywood b4?

Sure america is happy now

Stubborn man, comot 4 office u no agree, just keep movin from hospital to hospital... Death be not proud sha... Death oneday u self go die

RIP my amiable ex-leader

alala dakosta: rip chavez.saw it on CNN, have to come to Nairaland to CONFIRM.

. I saw it on nairaland had to go to Cnn to confirm

Lunatic. Always ranting

Wait for the conspiracy Mo.r.ons to come and say the CIA gave him cancer...

A great Revolutionalist that doesn't take shit from the west. RIP. The people of Venezuela will miss u indeed. RIP