Venezuela's Hugo Chavez has died

March 5, 2013 - 6:30 PM
Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Vice President Nicolas Maduro says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died at age 58.

The populist leader of oil-rich Venezuela became Latin America's most vocal and controversial leader and was Washington's chief antagonist in the region.

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