The death of Hugo Chavez

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, better known as Hugo Chávez, was a Venezuelan politician and military president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela from February 2, 1999 until his death in 2013. Wikipedia

Date of birth: July 28, 1954, Sabaneta, Venezuela

Death: March 5, 2013, Caracas, Venezuela

Date: Death: March 5, 2013; Funeral: March 8, 2013

Presidential mandate: February 2, 1999 - March 5, 2013

Books: The Bolivarian Revolution: Hugo Chavez Presents Simon Bolivar, MORE

Children: Maria Gabriela Chavez Colmenares

Hugo

Hugo Chavez was diagnosed with cancer in 2011, while in 2012, after the presidential elections of October, he was flown to Cuba to receive medical treatment. After surgery in December of that year, his health became complicated and in February 2013 he returned to Venezuela and went to an army hospital in Caracas.

After the death of President Chávez in the general assembly of the UN, a tribute to the deceased president begins with a minute of silence and then with locutions of representatives of several countries of the world, thus, the president of the UN General Assembly, Vuk Jeremić stressed that Hugo Chávez will be remembered in history for his way of providing support to the people who needed it. and the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, stressed that the Venezuelan president gave a strong battle to achieve unity in Venezuela and in Latin American countries.