Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, died Tuesday, March 5. This was announced by Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro in a televised address to the nation.
In December 2012 Chavez underwent a fourth operation to remove a tumor in Havana, and since then has never appeared in public.
On Monday, March 4 the Venezuelan government reported that the state had deteriorated Chavez. He aggravated the problems with the respiratory system caused by acute respiratory infection on a background of chemotherapy evening Venezuelan authorities released information that Chavez has become noticeably worse.