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Hugo Chávez was born on July 28, 1954. He was born in Sabaneta, Venezuela. Also, he was born in his grandmother's house.
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In 1971 Chávez entered the Venezuelan Military Academy in Caracas but not because he wanted to be a soldier but because he dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player, and the academy had good baseball coaches.
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Nancy Colmenares de Chavez
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He had 5 children. He had Rosa Inés with Marisabel Rodríguez de Chavez. He had Rosa Virginia, María Gabriela, Hugo Rafael, and Raúl Alfonzo with Nancy Colmenares de Chavez.
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Marisabel Rodríguez de Chavez
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Wins come-from-behind presidential election victory. Promising to seek a “third way” between socialism and capitalism. He won with a 56% vote.
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September 20, 2006, Hugo Chavez called George W. Bush the devil. "The devil came here yesterday, and it smells of sulfur still today." This was part of Hugo’s opinion but many people agreed.
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Hugo Chavez assists the release of two Colombian hostages. Consuelo Gonzalez and Clara Rojas. They were captive for 5 years by FARC
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Sept. 23, 2011 - Says he has completed chemotherapy and calls the treatment successful. He said that tests show no reappearance of cancerous cells. Which is good.
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He underwent an operation to remove a tumor from a location in the pelvic region. Says later that follow-up tests showed tumor was "recurrence of the initially diagnosed cancer. Which means the Cancer is back.
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March 5, 2016, Hugo dies and that information is released to the public. He died from cancer. He died at the age of 85. That day all of Venezuela cried.
