Hugo Chávez: Difference between revisions

On 5 March 2013, Vice President Nicolás Maduro announced on state television that Chávez had died in a military hospital in Caracas at 16:25 [[Time in Venezuela|VET]] (20:55 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]).<ref name="dindon">{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/05/venezuelan-president-hugo-chavez-dead-vp-says/#ixzz2MhrIoyVP |title=Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez dead, VP says |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Foxnews.com |date=5 March 2013|accessdate=7 March 2013}}</ref> The Vice President said Chávez died "after battling a tough illness for nearly two years".<ref name="dindon"/> According to the head of Venezuela's presidential guard, Chávez died from a massive heart attack, and his cancer of the pelvic region was very advanced when he died.<ref name="AP">Associated Press. 7 March 2013. [https://apnews.com/b97aa654e66e42e9b73e8c9d7ca54218 General: Heart attack killed a suffering Chavez]. Retrieved: 23 May 2020.</ref> Gen. Jose Ornella said that near the end of his life Chávez "couldn’t speak but he said it with his lips ... ‘I don’t want to die. Please don’t let me die,’ because he loved his country, he sacrificed himself for his country".<ref name="AP"/> Chávez is survived by four children and four grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web|last=Associated |first=The |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=173561912 |title=Chavez Family |publisher=Npr.org |accessdate=7 March 2013 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>