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Fiery Venezuelan leader Chavez dies at 58
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies at 58 in Caracas after a long battle with cancer. The former paratroop commander and populist transformed politics with socialist ideals, expropriations, and oil wealth driven programs that expanded health care housing and education while polarizing the nation and challenging Washington.
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