Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died on March 5 after a long battle with cancer. The autocratic populist fiercely criticized the United States and allied himself with Fidel Castro and other fellow leftists. The outspoken leader, who was a hero to Venezuela's poor, sought to remake Venezuela into a socialist state, but left with many citizens still facing poverty despite the country's huge oil wealth. (20 PHOTOS)
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez In Pictures
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez blows a kiss as he arrives at a rally with supporters in Caracas in February 2012, before flying to Cuba for a new round of cancer surgery.
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Retired Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chavez, who led a coup attempt in February 1992, is greeted by supporters in Caracas in July 1997.
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Chavez the candidate is accompanied by his wife, Marisabel (right), during a march across Caracas to officially open his presidential campaign in August 1998.
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Chavez jokes about his baldness due to cancer treatment while talking to the media at Miraflores Palace in Caracas in August 2011.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro (right) greets Chavez upon his arrival at Jose Marti Airport in Havana in December 1994.
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Chavez and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin look at a globe while visiting the Russian Navy's "Kruzenshtern" sailing ship in the port of Guaira, near Caracas, in April 2010.
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Chavez is greeted by then-Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi (right) upon his arrival in Tripoli in October 2010.
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Chavez greets his Bolivian counterpart, Evo Morales (right), during a military parade to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his failed coup attempt on February 4, 2012.
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Yasser Arafat (left), then president of the Palestinian Authority, talks with media beside Chavez at the Convention Center in Havana, Cuba, in April 2000.
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Chavez presents Pope John Paul II with a replica of Simon Bolivar's sword "Libertador" at the Vatican in September 1999.
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Chavez plays a guitar, which was a gift from Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez, during a cabinet meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas in September 2012.
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Chavez embraces his daughters Maria (left) and Rosa at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas in July 2011.
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Chavez plays with his 1-year-old daughter Rosa in October 1998.
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Venezuelan soldiers loyal to President Carlos Andres Perez and journalists lie in one of the entrance rooms of the presidential palace of Mirafiores in Caracas after rebels led by Chavez attacked the palace on February 2, 1992.
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Chavez (left) is shown in a 1992 file photo in jail after being arrested for a coup attempt.
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Chavez talks to reporters after being freed from jail on March 26, 1994.
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Chavez is greeted by students in Caracas as he leaves Simon Bolivar University in September 1998.
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Chavez salutes from atop an armored vehicle during Army Day in Caracas on June 24, 2005.
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Chavez welcomes Argentina's soccer coach Diego Maradona at Miraflores Palace in Caracas in July 2010.
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Chavez prepares to deliver the first pitch during a baseball game in Caracas in May 2007.
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Chavez with his daughters Rosa (right) and Maria while recovering from cancer surgery in Havana in a photo dated February 15, 2013.