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ABC World News By RUSSELL GOLDMAN March 5, 2013

PHOTO: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a televised program from the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela on April 11, 2012.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a televised program from the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela on April 11, 2012. (Miraflores Presidential Office/AP Photo)

Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's fiery and controversial socialist president who came to power on wave of popular sentiment and befriended some of the world's most nefarious dictators, has died at the age of 58, Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro said today.

Chavez had been fighting cancer, recently seeking treatment at a clinic in Cuba.

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