Venezuela's Hugo Chavez dies from cancer

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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez dies from cancer

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday after a two-year battle with cancer, ending 14 years of tumultuous rule that made the socialist leader a hero for the poor but a hate figure to his opponents. The flamboyant 58-year-old had undergone four operations in Cuba for a cancer that was first detected in his pelvic region in mid-2011. His last surgery was on December 11 and he had not been seen in public since. "We have just received the most tragic and awful information. At 4.25 p.m. (03.55 p.m. ...

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