Venezuela's Chavez dies, armed forces deployed

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AFP

Published Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez loses his battle with cancer, his death silencing the leading voice of the Latin American left and plunging his oil-rich nation into an uncertain future.

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