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IN PICS: Venezuelans mourn Chavez's death

Last updated on: March 6, 2013 07:58 IST

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez lost his battle with cancer, according to a national televised address by his vice-president Nicolas Maduro. He was 58.

A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez reacts to the announcement of his death in Caracas

Photographer: Jorge Silva/Reuters

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IN PICS: Venezuelans mourn Chavez's death

Last updated on: March 6, 2013 07:58 IST

Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez react after the announcement of his death in Caracas.

Photographer: Jorge Silva/Reuters

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IN PICS: Venezuelans mourn Chavez's death

Last updated on: March 6, 2013 07:58 IST

A Venezuelan woman gestures while fixing the signal of a news channel showing Spanish words that read 'Hugo Chavez has died' inside a Venezuelan restaurant in Panama City.

Photographer: Eduardo Grimald/Reuters

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IN PICS: Venezuelans mourn Chavez's death

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Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez react to the announcement of his death in Caracas

Photographer: Jorge Silva/Reuters

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IN PICS: Venezuelans mourn Chavez's death

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A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez breaks down after the announcement of his death outside the hospital where he was being treated in.

Photographer: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters

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IN PICS: Venezuelans mourn Chavez's death

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Police guard the outside of the hospital where Chavez was being treated in Caracas.

Photographer: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters

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IN PICS: Venezuelans mourn Chavez's death

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Bolivia's President Evo Morales is seen after a news conference in honor of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at the presidential palace in La Paz March.

Photographer: Gaston Brito/Reuters

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IN PICS: Venezuelans mourn Chavez's death

Last updated on: March 6, 2013 07:58 IST

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff calls for a minute of silence in honor of Chavez during the 11th National Congress of Rural Workers at the Ulysses Guimaraes Convention Center in Brasilia.

Photographer: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters

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