Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dies in Caracas

Venezuela is calm, asserts Leader of the Armed Forces

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday afternoon, announced Executive Vice-president Nicolas Maduro.

Our eternal gratitude in acknowledgement to the man who carried out projects of life for the country and for the peoples of the Americas, said Maduro in statements to the nation, and called his people to unity.

Also, he urged his people to be together like a single family and maintain discipline, cooperation and fraternity, as honorable heirs and children of a giant man like Commander Hugo Chavez.

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