Changes

| spouse      =Nancy Colmenares (div.)<br/>Marisabel Rodríguez (div.)

| spouse      =Nancy Colmenares (div.)<br/>Marisabel Rodríguez (div.)

| children    =Rosa Virginia<br/>María Gabriela<br/>Hugo Rafael<br/>Rosinés (with Marisabel)

| children    =Rosa Virginia<br/>María Gabriela<br/>Hugo Rafael<br/>Rosinés (with Marisabel)

| death        = circa Dec. 11, 2012 (denied by the [[lamestream media]] until Mar. 5, 2013)

| death        = circa Dec. 11, 2012 (denied by Venezuelan state media until Mar. 5, 2013)

| deathmanner  = illness in a Cuban hospital

| deathmanner  = illness in a Cuban hospital

| burial      =The museum of the Bolivarian Revolution in Caracas

| burial      =The museum of the Bolivarian Revolution in Caracas

| deathnumber  =n/a

| deathnumber  =n/a

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'''Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías''' (b. July 28, 1954 – d. circa Dec. 11, 2012) <ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21476917 (obviously staged photo)</ref> was the [[leftist]] President of the Bolivarian Republic of [[Venezuela]] from 1999 to 2012.  Chavez was not seen in public since he entered a Cuban hospital near death on December 11, 2012. Venezuela's [[socialist]] regime engaged in [[liberal denial]] about his death for nearly three months, even releasing a photo of an ostensibly fit and smiling Chavez.  But on March 5, 2013, likely due to pressure from other nations that already knew Chavez had died, Venezuelan [[Communist]]s finally admitted Chavez was dead.<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/05/hugo-chavez-dead-at-58-good-riddance.html "Hugo Chavez dead at 58] "How little we know about the manner in which - or when - he died"</ref><ref>[http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130311/DA4UKU7G0.html Venezuela candidate: Govt exploits Chavez death]</ref>

'''Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías''' (b. July 28, 1954 – d. circa Dec. 11, 2012) <ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21476917 (obviously staged photo)</ref> was the [[leftist]] President of the Bolivarian Republic of [[Venezuela]] from 1999 to 2012.  Chavez was not seen in public since he entered a Cuban hospital near death on December 11, 2012. Venezuela's [[socialist]] regime engaged in [[liberal denial]] about his death for nearly three months, even releasing a photo of an ostensibly fit and smiling Chavez.  But on March 5, 2013, likely due to pressure from other nations that already knew Chavez had died, Venezuelan state media finally admitted Chavez was dead.<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/05/hugo-chavez-dead-at-58-good-riddance.html "Hugo Chavez dead at 58] "How little we know about the manner in which - or when - he died"</ref><ref>[http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130311/DA4UKU7G0.html Venezuela candidate: Govt exploits Chavez death]</ref>

A self-proclaimed [[socialist]] and [[collectivist]], his disastrous economic policies led to food shortages, quotas, and rationing in his oil-rich country, causing thousands to flee.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/4938993/Venezuelas-Hugo-Chavez-tightens-state-control-of-food-amid-rocketing-inflation-and-food-shortages.html</ref>

A self-proclaimed [[socialist]] and [[collectivist]], his disastrous economic policies led to food shortages, quotas, and rationing in his oil-rich country, causing thousands to flee.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/4938993/Venezuelas-Hugo-Chavez-tightens-state-control-of-food-amid-rocketing-inflation-and-food-shortages.html</ref>