Best of shopping Premium Membership. In the know quiz. The Sun. More from south america. Join the conversation. Chavez was diagnosed with cancer and died on a massive heart attack on on 5 March Most Unique Hotel in the World. Most Expensive Seat in The Air. The Richest Man on Track. The Most Expensive Cars in the World He then met his second wife, Marisabel Rodriguez de Chavez, from which he later on also divorced.
I love. My children, my two daughters are with me, and I want a better world for my grandchildren, for your grandchildren. Hate against me has a lot to do with racism. Because of my big mouth and curly hair. Almost nobody wants to mention it…Socialism, the other specter Karl Marx spoke about, which walks here too, rather it is like a counter-specter.
Capitalism is the road to hell, to the destruction of the world. I am but a man in particular circumstances, and the most beautiful part is that an individual human life can contribute to the growth, the awakening of collective strength. That is what matters! The Devil, the Devil himself, is right in the house. And the Devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the Devil came here. Right here.
Chemotherapy: Chavez in , pointing at his head to prove his hair was growing back. Chavez had not been seen in public nor heard from since having surgery in Cuba on December It was his fourth operation since the disease was detected in his pelvic area in mid The death of Chavez, who modelled himself on the 19th century independence leader Simon Bolivar and renamed his country the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, will devastate millions of supporters.
His charismatic style, anti-US rhetoric and oil-financed policies that brought subsidised food and free health clinics to long-neglected slums won him widespread support. The campaigning has already unofficially begun, with vice president Maduro, who Chavez has said should succeed him, frequently commandeering all broadcast channels to promote the 'revolution' and vilify the opposition. The vote for a new president should be held within 30 days and will probably pit the socialist Maduro against Henrique Capriles, the centrist leader and state governor who lost to Chavez in the October.
Chavez has run Venezuela for more than 14 years as a virtual one-man show, gradually placing all state institutions under his personal control. But the former army paratroop officer who rose to fame with a failed coup, never groomed a successor with his force of personality. Chavez was last re-elected in October, and his challenger Henrique Capriles, the youthful governor of Miranda state, is expected to be the opposition's candidate again.
Family: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hugs his daughters Rosa left and Maria right while appearing to supporters on a balcony of Miraflores Palace soon after his return to the country from Cuba in July Commanding: Chavez polarised Venezuelans with his confrontational and domineering style. One of Chavez's three daughters, Maria Gabriela, earlier expressed thanks to well-wishers via her Twitter account.
There had been speculation that Chavez's cancer has spread to his lungs. Maduro said last week that the president had begun receiving chemotherapy around the end of January. Doctors have said that such therapy was not necessarily to try to beat Chavez's cancer into remission but could have been palliative, to extend Chavez's life and ease his suffering. While in Cuba, Chavez suffered a severe respiratory infection that nearly killed him.
A tracheal tube was inserted then and government officials said his breathing remained laboured. Tributes were paid to the politician by world leaders and celebrities, including his friend Sean Penn, who said: 'Today the United States lost a friend it never knew it had'.
The actor added: 'Poor people around the world lost a champion. I lost a friend I was blessed to have. My thoughts are with the family of President Chavez and the people of Venezuela. On many occasions, the Brazilian government did not fully agree with President Hugo Chavez but today, as always, we recognize in him a great leader, an irreparable loss and, above all, a friend of Brazil.
Coup: Chavez was first elected president in , after he led a failed coup in Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said in a televised address: 'We undoubtedly had our differences, but I was always able to appreciate the strength, the engagement with which Chavez fought for his ideas. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos told reporters: 'The obsession that united us and that was the base of our relationship was peace in Colombia and the region.
If we've advanced in a solid peace process it's also thanks to the dedication and commitment without limits of President Chavez and the Venezuelan government. Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams remembered Chavez, who he said had worked tirelessly to improve the lives of Venezuelan citizens. He said: 'He dedicated himself to building a new and radical society in Venezuela. His progressive social and economic changes took millions out of poverty.
After nightfall, several hundred people gathered at Bolivar Square, a symbolic place for Chavistas because it has a huge nine-meter-tall foot-tall statue of Simon Bolivar, the 19th century independence hero whom Chavez claimed as his chief inspiration. Some arrived singing Venezuela's national anthem and holding up posters of Chavez.
One man began shouting through a megaphone a warning to the opposition: 'They won't return. Chavez leaves behind a political movement firmly in control of a nation that human rights activist. Liliana Ortega, director of the non-governmental group COFAVIC, describes as a badly deteriorated state where institutions such as the police, courts and prosecutor's offices have been converted into tools of political persecution and where most media are firmly controlled by the government.
Feb 4 - Lt. Chavez leads unsuccessful coup against President Carlos Andres Perez. March 26 - After two years in jail awaiting trial, Chavez is set free. Dec 6 - Becomes president, promising to seek 'third way' between socialism and capitalism.
April 11, - Protesters demand Chavez's resignation marching toward presidential palace. Dissident generals oust Chavez and clear way for interim government that throws out constitution. April 14 - After protests by supporters, loyal army officers rescue Chavez and restore power.
Dec 3 - Re-elected to six-year term, capturing 63 percent of the vote. Dec 2 - Voters reject constitutional amendments proposed by Chavez, setting back his drive to transform Venezuela into socialist state. Feb 15 - Wins referendum that allows him to run for re-election indefinitely. June 10 - Chavez undergoes surgery in Cuba for pelvic abscess. June 30 - Appears on television saying he had a cancerous tumor removed.
July 4 - Returns to Venezuela, but travels to Cuba periodically for chemotherapy and tests. Feb 21 - Announces doctors found lesion in same place where tumor was removed. March 24 - Travels to Cuba to begin radiation therapy. July 9 - Says at a news conference that tests have shown he is 'totally free' of cancer. Oct 7 - Wins another six-year term, beating challenger Henrique Capriles by point margin. Dec 9 - Announces that his cancer has returned and that he needs surgery again.
Dec 11 - Undergoes his fourth cancer-related operation in Cuba. March 5 - Government announces death of Hugo Chavez. President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, crusaded against US influence and championed a leftist revival across Latin America. During more than 14 years in office, Chavez routinely challenged the status quo at home and internationally.
He polarised Venezuelans with his confrontational and domineering style, yet was also a masterful communicator and strategist who tapped into Venezuelan nationalism to win broad support, particularly among the poor. Chavez repeatedly proved himself a political survivor.
As an army paratroop commander, he led a failed coup in , then was pardoned and elected president in He survived a coup against his own presidency in and won re-election two more times. The burly president electrified crowds with his booming voice, often wearing the bright red of his United Socialist Party of Venezuela or the fatigues and red beret of his army days.
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