Dictator Hugo Chavez Dead

Dictator Hugo Chavez Dead

NBC News is reporting Venezuelan Dictator Hugo Chavez is dead after months of battling cancer and other health complications. AP has the details:

President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, crusaded against U.S. influence and championed a leftist revival across Latin America, died Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer.

Vice President Nicolas Maduro, surrounded by other government officials, announced the death in a national television broadcast. He said Chavez died at 4:25 p.m. local time.

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