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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez points at his head to show that his hair has started to grow back after his last round of chemotherapy at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, in this Oct. 11, 2011 file photo. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, file)
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez points at his head to show that his hair has started to grow back after his last round of chemotherapy at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, in this Oct. 11, 2011 file photo. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, file)
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Vice President Nicolas Maduro says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died at age 58.

The populist leader of oil-rich Venezuela became Latin America’s most vocal and controversial leader and was Washington’s chief antagonist in the region.