Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) is shown in a 1992 file photo in jail after being arrested for a coup attempt. He stands next to Francisco Arias (2nd R), who is currently running for president, and former police chief Jesus Urdanetta (back center). File photo/Reuters
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez plays a guitar, which was a gift from Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez, during a cabinet meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas September 20, 2012. Miraflores Palace/Reuters
Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters on 24 September 24, 2009 in New York City. Michael Nagle/Getty Images
Cuban President Fidel Castro is visited by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Havana, where world leaders arrived for the summit of Non-Aligned nations, September 14, 2006. Reuters
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez (C) sings during an election rally in Caracas July 26, 2012. Reuters
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez shows the pistols of independence hero Simon Bolivar during a ceremony to mark his birthday in Caracas July 24, 2012. Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
His last public photograph: In this photo released Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 by Miraflores Presidential Press Office, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, center, poses for a photo with his daughters, Maria Gabriela, left, and Rosa Virginia as he holds a copy of Cuba’s state newspaper Granma at an unknown location in Havana, Cuba Associated Press
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