Hugo Chavez has died

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez passed away on Tuesday after months of battling cancer.Storified by GlobalPost · Tue, Mar 05 2013 14:33:32Chavez died at 4:25pm Venezuela time, after a long battle with cancer via @BloombergNews, VP cried while announcing news on state TV- Emily Chang · Tue, Mar 05 2013 13:57:37More: Hugo Chavez, who won re-election in October after saying he was "totally free" of the disease, had not appeared in public since Dec 10- Bloomberg News · Tue, Mar 05 2013 14:00:56More: According to Venezuela's constitution an election must be "" held within 30 days of the president's death.

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