The longtime socialist leader died Tuesday in a military hospital after a long struggle with cancer. He was 58.
ພວກສະໜັບສະໜຸນ ໄວ້ທຸກ ໃຫ້ປະທານາທິບໍດີ Chavez
![Chavez supporters react after his death was announced, Caracas, Venezuela, March 5, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/0cee4fef-65ee-410d-bf8b-3a6bd657e190_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Chavez supporters react after his death was announced, Caracas, Venezuela, March 5, 2013.
![An army officer comforts a supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez outside the military hospital in Caracas, Venezuela, March 5, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f7068bd8-da61-4f2f-93e3-6845bad595e3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An army officer comforts a supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez outside the military hospital in Caracas, Venezuela, March 5, 2013.
![A supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez cries as she holds a sign that reads in Spanish "I am Chavez," in Bolivar square, Caracas, Venezuela, March 5, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/61d8793f-1e6f-4cdd-95bf-e55a5a58fa8e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez cries as she holds a sign that reads in Spanish "I am Chavez," in Bolivar square, Caracas, Venezuela, March 5, 2013.
![A woman places a candle in front of an image of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez outside Venezuela's embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, March 5, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ce0a4644-ef89-4af3-8c93-0135c246a8b1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman places a candle in front of an image of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez outside Venezuela's embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, March 5, 2013.