http://www.newsvine.com/chavezNewsvine - chavezen-usCopyright 2013Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:47:57 +0000Sun, 19 May 2013 23:50:43 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/14/17750610-chavezs-absence-discourages-some-in-venezuelahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/14/17750610-chavezs-absence-discourages-some-in-venezuelavenezuelachavezhugo-chavezworld-newsabsenceltSun, 14 Apr 2013 22:47:05 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Una imagen del fallecido presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez cubre una puerta en el centro de coordinación de campaña del Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV), ubicado en el barrio 23 de enero, en Caracas, el viernes 12 de abril de 2013. Los venezolanos van a las urnas el domingo 14 para elegir al sucesor de Chávez, fallecido el 5 de marzo (AP foto/Ramón Espinosa)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17737324-at-chavezs-tomb-a-quiet-place-to-idolize-himhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17737324-at-chavezs-tomb-a-quiet-place-to-idolize-himvenezuelachaveztombhugo-chavezworld-newsltSat, 13 Apr 2013 20:46:19 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Venezuelan sentries march in a Change of the Guard ceremony near the tomb of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez at Military Museum in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 13, 2013. Just over a month after Chavez succumbed to cancer, Venezuelans vote Sunday for a new leader. Acting President Nicolas Maduro hopes to ride a tide of grief into Venezuela's special presidential election and win voters' endorsement to succeed the larger-than-life leader who chose him to carry on the Chavista revolution. (AP Photo/Vivian Sequera)</p><p>People visit the tomb of Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez at the Military Museum in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 13, 2013. Just over a month after Chavez succumbed to cancer, Venezuelans will line up to vote Sunday for a new leader. Acting President Nicolas Maduro hopes to ride a tide of grief into Venezuela's special presidential election and win voters' endorsement to succeed the larger-than-life leader who chose him to carry on the Chavista revolution. (AP Photo/Vivian Sequera)</p><p>Venezuela's interim President Nicolas Maduro attends a ceremony marking Bolivarian Militias Day, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 13, 2013. The Bolivarian Militia is a force of volunteers ranging from students to retirees formed by the late President Hugo Chavez. Just over a month after Chavez succumbed to cancer, Venezuelans vote Sunday to replace him. Maduro, who served as Chavez's foreign minister and vice president, is running against opposition candidate Henrique Capriles in Sunday's vote. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)</p><p>Venezuela's interim President Nicolas Maduro sings during a ceremony marking Bolivarian Militias Day in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 13, 2013. The Bolivarian Militias is a force of volunteers ranging from students to retirees formed by the late President Hugo Chavez. Just over a month after Chavez succumbed to cancer, Venezuelans vote Sunday to replace him. Maduro, who served as Chavez's foreign minister and vice president, is running against opposition candidate Henrique Capriles in Sunday's vote. From left to right President of the National Assembly Diosdado Cabello, Attorney General and wife of Nicolas Maduro Cilia Flores, Maduro and Defense Minister Adm. Diego Molero. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17591071-shrine-to-mourn-and-celebrate-venezuelas-chavezhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17591071-shrine-to-mourn-and-celebrate-venezuelas-chavezvenezuelachavezshrineworld-newsltThu, 4 Apr 2013 01:52:46 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A bust of late Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is adorned with flowers, candles and religious images inside a people's shrine built in his honor at the "23 de Enero" or "23rd of January" slum in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. The shrine, named “Saint Hugo Chavez del 23”, has been visited by tens of thousands of Venezuelans to pay homage to a president for some, a saint for others. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p><p>A bust of late Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is adorned with flowers and religious images inside a people's shrine built in his honor at the "23 de Enero" or "23rd of January" slum in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. The shrine, named ìSaint Hugo Chavez del 23î, has been visited by tens of thousands of Venezuelans to pay homage to a president for some, a saint for others. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p><p>Elizabeth Torres, supporter of late Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, clenches her fist while guarding a people's shrine built in his honor at the "23 de Enero" or "23rd of January" slum in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. The shrine, named “Saint Hugo Chavez del 23”, has been visited by tens of thousands of Venezuelans to pay homage to a president for some, a saint for others. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p><p>Images of late Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez decorate a people's shrine built in his honor at the "23 de Enero" or "23rd of January" slum in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. The shrine, named “Saint Hugo Chavez del 23”, has been visited by tens of thousands of Venezuelans to pay homage to a president for some, a saint for others. The poster read in Spanish: "We Continue to be Chavez". (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p><p>A woman and her two children visit a people's shrine built in honor of late Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at the "23 de Enero" or "23rd of January" slum in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. The shrine, named “Saint Hugo Chavez del 23”, has been visited by tens of thousands of Venezuelans to pay homage to a president for some, a saint for others. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p><p>A cup of coffee sits in front of a bust of late Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez inside a people's shrine built in his honor at the "23 de Enero" or "23rd of January" slum in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. The shrine, named “Saint Hugo Chavez del 23”, has been visited by tens of thousands of Venezuelans to pay homage to a president for some, a saint for others. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p><p>Elizabeth Torres, supporter of late Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, wears a rosary with his photo while guarding a people's shrine built in Chavez's honor at the "23 de Enero" or "23rd of January" slum in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. The shrine, named ìSaint Hugo Chavez del 23î, has been visited by tens of thousands of Venezuelans to pay homage to a president for some, a saint for others. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p><p>Posters of late Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and acting President Nicolas Maduro hang at a lamp post outside a people's shrine in honor of Chavez at the "23 de Enero" or "23rd of January" slum in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. The shrine, named “Saint Hugo Chavez del 23”, has been visited by tens of thousands of Venezuelans to pay homage to a president for some, a saint for others. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17387821-surviving-a-surge-in-street-violence-in-venezuelahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17387821-surviving-a-surge-in-street-violence-in-venezuelavenezuelachavezcrimeworld-newsltmaria-gonzalezjose-rafael-suarezWed, 20 Mar 2013 16:16:39 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this March 14, 2013 photo, Marisol Lezaman, left, Teresa Montilla, center, and Yetcimar Rosales, right, commute in a cable car that moves above homes in Caracas, Venezuela. On their daily cable car rides to and from home in Venezuela’s capital, commuters soar in a bubble of safety far above the deadly, trash-strewn streets below. Amid a list of woes, including double-digit inflation and crumbling infrastructure, rampant crime is seen by many as the main failing of the late President Hugo Chavez’s government, and one that a whole swath of this shell-shocked country has lost hope of correcting. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>In this March 14, 2013 photo taken through a cable car window, a woman holds on to the railing inside a cable car as she commutes home to a shantytown in Caracas, Venezuela. The extreme politicization of the Hugo Chavez years has made it impossible for federal, state and municipal officials to work together on basic strategies such as neighborhood watches or cross-jurisdiction police patrols. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>In this March 14, 2013 photo, a man sits on the railing of a walkway in a shantytown in Caracas, Venezuela. In 2011, the city suffered a homicide rate of an astounding 99 killed out of every 100,000 people, making it the sixth deadliest city in the world, according to the Mexican public safety group Security, Justice and Peace. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2010 file photo, a street is deserted at night in the Petare slum of Caracas, Venezuela. Whole neighborhoods that used to buzz with street life are abandoned at night, while foreign diplomats and working-class Venezuelans alike fall prey to so-called express kidnappings that whisk victims away to the nearest cash machines. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2010 file photo, the body of a young man lies covered by a cloth in a street in the Petare slum of Caracas, Venezuela. The Venezuelan government stopped releasing official crime statistics in 2005, leaving it to nonprofit groups to sort through the casualties. Small-time gangs and criminals commit most of Venezuela’s violence, as opposed to the well-financed drug cartels that have terrorized Mexico and Central America as they fight over lucrative trafficking routes. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)</p><p>FILE - In this June 20, 2009 file photo, women dressed in black carry a sign that reads in Spanish "No more death, yes to life" as they protest violent crime in Caracas, Venezuela. Amid a list of woes, including double-digit inflation and crumbling infrastructure, rampant crime is seen by many as the main failing of the late President Hugo Chavez’s government, and one that a whole swath of this shell-shocked country has lost hope of correcting. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17300662-venezuela-govt-chavez-will-not-be-embalmedhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17300662-venezuela-govt-chavez-will-not-be-embalmedvenezuelachavezhugo-chavezworld-newsltWed, 13 Mar 2013 21:11:01 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this image released by the office of Mexico's Presidencia, Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro, left, holds a replica of Simon Bolivar's sword next to the flag-draped coffin of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez during the funeral ceremony at the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013. Chavez died on March 5 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico, Daniel Aguilar)</p><p>A supporter of Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro leans against a tree under a poster of late President Hugo Chavez outside the national electoral council where Maduro registered his presidential candidacy in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 11, 2013. Presidential elections were announced to take place on April 14, after Maduro announced on March 5 that Chavez had died. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>Supporters of Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro gather outside the national electoral council as he registers his candidacy for president to replace late President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 11, 2013. The poster of Chavez reads in Spanish "Maduro, from my heart." Presidential elections were announced to take place on April 14, after Maduro announced on March 5 that Chavez had died. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro speaks at the opening of the Ninth International Book Fair of Venezuela (Filven) which pays tribute to late President Hugo Chavez at the Teresa Carreno theater in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Maduro announced on March 5 that Chavez had died, after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. He was 58. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17285541-chavez-tattoos-kitsch-in-demand-since-deathhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17285541-chavez-tattoos-kitsch-in-demand-since-deathvenezuelachavezincworld-newsltTue, 12 Mar 2013 18:14:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A doll of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez sits for sale on a vendor's table in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 11, 2013. At Caracas's choked Bolivar Plaza, a favorite hangout for the late president's supporters, shoppers can find virtually anything Chavez-related the mind can dream up. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p><p>A street vendor sells baseball caps decorated with images of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez, and T-shirts with a the words in Spanish "I am Chavez" in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 11, 2013. At Caracas's choked Bolivar Plaza, a favorite hangout for the late president's supporters, shoppers can find virtually anything Chavez-related the mind can dream up. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p><p>A street vendor sells photos of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez with his daughters Maria Gabriela, right, and Rosa Virginia near Bolivar square in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 11, 2013. At Caracas's choked Bolivar Plaza, a favorite hangout for the late president's supporters, shoppers can find virtually anything Chavez-related the mind can dream up. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p><p>A street vendor's table is full of Chavez baseball caps and T-shirts with a words in Spanish "I am Chavez" in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 11, 2013. At Caracas' choked Bolivar Plaza, a favorite hangout for the late president's supporters, shoppers can find virtually anything Chavez-related the mind can dream up. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17271491-viso-doesnt-think-chavez-death-will-hurt-fundinghttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17271491-viso-doesnt-think-chavez-death-will-hurt-fundingsportsdeathchavezhugo-chavezindycarvisoMon, 11 Mar 2013 18:11:40 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17269764-fidel-castro-laments-loss-of-best-friend-chavezhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17269764-fidel-castro-laments-loss-of-best-friend-chavezcubachavezfidel-castroworld-newscastrocbretired-cubanMon, 11 Mar 2013 14:43:59 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this July 21, 2006 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, gestures as Cuba's President Fidel Castro looks on during an event in Cordoba, Argentina. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 that Chavez has died at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2006 file photo released by Cuba's Communist daily newspaper Granma, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, right, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hold hands as Castro recuperates from surgery in Havana, Cuba. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 that Chavez has died at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Granma, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2000 file photo, Cuba's President Fidel Castro, left, talks with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Barinas, Venezuela, near Chavez's hometown of Sabaneta. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 that Chavez has died. Chavez, 58, was first diagnosed with cancer in June 2011. (AP Photo/Jose Goitia, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/09/17250062-preservation-of-venezuelan-leaders-body-not-easyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/09/17250062-preservation-of-venezuelan-leaders-body-not-easytechnologyvenezuelachavezus-newspreservingltSat, 9 Mar 2013 18:24:52 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this April 16, 1997 file photo, the embalmed body of Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union, is on display in his tomb on Moscow's Red Square. Lenin is one of several world leaders whose bodies have been preserved and put on perpetual display, as Venezuela's government plans to do with Hugo Chavez. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, the body of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is laid in the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim died on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. Kim Jong Il is one of several world leaders whose bodies have been preserved and put on perpetual display, as Venezuela's government plans to do with Hugo Chavez. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) </p><p>FILE - In this Sept. 10, 1977 file photo, the body of Mao Zedong is on display as Chairman Hua Kuo-feng, Vice Chairman Yeh Chien-ying, Teng H Siao-ping, Hsien-nien and Wang Tung-hsing look on at an unknown location in China. The man commonly known as Chairman Mao is one of several world leaders whose bodies have been preserved and put on perpetual display, as Venezuela's government plans to do with Hugo Chavez. (AP Photo, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Dec. 7, 1974 file photo, the body of Eva Peron lies in state next to the remains of her husband Juan Domingo Peron, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The uncertainty about the future is now invading millions of Venezuelans as it did Argentines almost 40 years ago with the death of Juan Domingo Peron; a charismatic military leader who became Argentina's most influential politician in the 20th century. (AP Photo/File)</p><p>A woman holds a poster of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez over a sleeping boy as she stands in line to see Chavez's body lying in state at the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013. Chavez died on March 5 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. He was 58. The line to see Chavez's body stretched 1½ miles (2 kilometers) but was halted as his state funeral got under way. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17238508-wealthy-venezuelans-shedding-no-tears-for-chavezhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17238508-wealthy-venezuelans-shedding-no-tears-for-chavezvenezuelaforchavezworld-newstearsltFri, 8 Mar 2013 18:12:51 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A demonstrator with her lips painted with the colors of the Venezuelan flag attends a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, March 3, 2013. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Venezuela's capital on Sunday, demanding the government provide complete details about the health of ailing Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p><p>Workers paint a mural that is symbolic of the eyes of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez on the stairs at the El Calvario monument in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 7, 2013. Chavez died on March 5 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. He was 58. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2006 file photo, cinder block homes in Caracas' poor Petare neighborhood are seen back dropped by high rise apartments and offices in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez polarized Venezuela between the mostly lower classes during his 14 years in power and an opposition that despised what they said was his autocratic bearing, intolerance for dissent and mismanagement of the economy. (AP Photo/Leslie Mazoch, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17232203-hugo-chavezs-body-to-be-put-on-permanent-displayhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/08/17232203-hugo-chavezs-body-to-be-put-on-permanent-displayvenezuelachavezworld-newsltembalmingFri, 8 Mar 2013 07:10:05 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo provided by Miraflores Presidential Press Office, a man helps a girl to look into the glass-topped casket containing the remains of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez lying in state at the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 7, 2013. While Venezuela remains deeply divided over the country's future, the multitudes who reached the president's coffin were united in grief and admiration for a man many considered a father figure. Chavez died on March 5 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer.(AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)</p><p>In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, mourners walk beside the coffin containing the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez on display during his wake at a military academy where his body will lie in state until his funeral in in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 7, 2013. While Venezuela remains deeply divided over the country's future, the multitudes who reached the president's coffin were united in grief and admiration for a man many considered a father figure. Chavez died on March 5 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer.(AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)</p><p>In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Hugo Chavez' s father Hugo de los Reyes Chavez, center right, comforts his wife Elena Frias as they stand next to the coffin containing the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez on display during his wake at a military academy where his body will lie in state until his funeral in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 7, 2013. Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's acting president, said Chavez's remains will be put on permanent display at the Museum of the Revolution, close to the presidential palace where Chavez ruled for 14 years. A state funeral for Chavez attended by some 33 heads of government is scheduled to begin Friday morning. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)</p><p>Mourners break past a barrier instead of waiting in a long line to enter the military academy where Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez's body lies in state at the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 7, 2013. While Venezuela remains deeply divided over the country's future, the multitudes who reached the president's coffin were united in grief and admiration for a man many considered a father figure. Chavez died on March 5 at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)</p><p>In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Colombian former senator Piedad Cordoba, center left, Hugo Chavez's daughter Rosa Virginia Chavez, left, and Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro stand next to the coffin containing the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez on display during his wake at a military academy where his body will lie in state until his funeral state in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 7, 2013. While Venezuela remains deeply divided over the country's future, the multitudes who reached the president's coffin were united in grief and admiration for a man many considered a father figure. Chavez died on March 5 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer.(AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)</p><p>A handicapped supporter of Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez is carried to enter the military academy to see the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez lying in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 7, 2013. While Venezuela remains deeply divided over the country's future, the multitudes who reached the president's coffin were united in grief and admiration for a man many considered a father figure. Chavez died on March 5 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17228482-other-world-leaders-whose-bodies-are-on-displayhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17228482-other-world-leaders-whose-bodies-are-on-displayvenezuelachavezleadersdeadhugo-chavezus-newsdisplaylton-displayFri, 8 Mar 2013 01:08:46 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this April 16, 1997 file photo, the embalmed body of Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union, is on display in his tomb on Moscow's Red Square. Lenin is one of several world leaders whose bodies have been preserved and put on perpetual display, as Venezuela's government plans to do with Hugo Chavez. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, the body of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is laid in the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim died on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. Kim Jong Il is one of several world leaders whose bodies have been preserved and put on perpetual display, as Venezuela's government plans to do with Hugo Chavez. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) </p><p>FILE - In this July, 1994 file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed by the Korea News Service, the body of late North Korean President Kim Il Sung is displayed at Kumsusan Assembly Hall (currently called Kumsusan Memorial Palace) in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim died at age 82 on July 8, 1994. Kim Il Sung is one of several world leaders whose bodies have been preserved and put on perpetual display, as Venezuela's government plans to do with Hugo Chavez.(AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, File) SOUTH KOREA OUT</p><p>FILE - In this April 16, 1997 file photo, the embalmed body of Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union, is on display in his tomb on Moscow's Red Square. Lenin is one of several world leaders whose bodies have been preserved and put on perpetual display, as Venezuela's government plans to do with Hugo Chavez. (AP Photo/Sergei Karpukhin, File)</p><p>FILE - In this undated photo, commanders and fighters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army pay their respects to the body Mao Zedong in China. The man commonly known as Chairman Mao is one of several world leaders whose bodies have been preserved and put on perpetual display, as Venezuela's government plans to do with Hugo Chavez. (AP File Photo)</p><p>FILE - In this Sept. 10, 1977 file photo, the body of Mao Zedong is on display as Chairman Hua Kuo-feng, Vice Chairman Yeh Chien-ying, Teng H Siao-ping, Hsien-nien and Wang Tung-hsing look on at an unknown location in China. The man commonly known as Chairman Mao is one of several world leaders whose bodies have been preserved and put on perpetual display, as Venezuela's government plans to do with Hugo Chavez. (AP Photo, File)</p><p>FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2011 file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency and distributed in Tokyo by the Korea News Service, the body of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is on display at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim died on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. Kim Jong Il is one of several world leaders whose bodies have been preserved and put on perpetual display, as Venezuela's government plans to do with Hugo Chavez.(AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service) </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17227789-venezuelan-voices-life-after-hugo-chavezhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17227789-venezuelan-voices-life-after-hugo-chavezvenezuelachavezhugo-chavezworld-newsvoicesltThu, 7 Mar 2013 23:23:32 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17226982-chavez-body-to-be-permanently-displayedhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17226982-chavez-body-to-be-permanently-displayedvenezuelachavezbodyhugo-chavezworld-newsltThu, 7 Mar 2013 21:27:16 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17226932-the-wild-card-in-venezuela-armed-chavistashttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17226932-the-wild-card-in-venezuela-armed-chavistasvenezuelachavezmilitantsworld-newsltcarlos-torresla-piedritacomandante-chavez"Thu, 7 Mar 2013 21:19:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2010 file photo, a man walks past a mural of Jesus Christ holding a machine gun alongside the words in Spanish "La Piedrita Will Overcome" in the La Piedrita area of the 23 of January neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela. On alert, and some apparently on edge, are hundreds of well-armed toughs spread through the hills of metropolitan Caracas who have been blamed for strong-armed intimidation of political opponents of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez and worse. As Venezuela ponders the next steps after Chavez's death Tuesday, the late leader's most uncompromising, and radical supporters make up a menacing unknown in a country brimming with guns and afflicted by the world's second-highest murder rate. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)</p><p>In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, left, Uruguay's President Jose Mujica, second from left, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, third from left, and Mujica's wife, Uruguayan Senator Lucía Topolansky stand next to the flag-draped coffin containing the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez on display during his wake in Fort Tiuna military academy where his body will lie in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Seven days of mourning were declared, all schools were suspended for the week and friendly heads of state were expected for an elaborate funeral Friday. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Press Office)</p><p>FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2010 file, a mural depicts an image of the Virgen Mary holding a baby Jesus and a machine gun on a wall in the La Piedrita area of the 23 of January neighborhood in Caracas, Venezuela. On alert, and some apparently on edge, are hundreds of well-armed toughs spread through the hills of metropolitan Caracas who have been blamed for strong-armed intimidation of political opponents of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez and worse. As Venezuela ponders the next steps after Chavez's death Tuesday, the late leader's most uncompromising, and radical supporters make up a menacing unknown in a country brimming with guns and afflicted by the world's second-highest murder rate. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17226310-thousands-of-cubans-in-emotional-tribute-to-chavezhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17226310-thousands-of-cubans-in-emotional-tribute-to-chavezcubachavezfidel-castrohugo-chavezworld-newscbThu, 7 Mar 2013 19:46:40 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A woman holds up a poster of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez as she leave a tribute for the South American leader at Revolution Plaza in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, March 7, 2013. The Cuban government declared two days of national mourning and ordered flags to fly at half-staff after the death of Chavez. Some islanders worried about the loss of the country's No. 1 ally, who has sent billions of dollars of oil to Cuba at preferential terms. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)</p><p>A woman wipes her tears as she holds an image of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez during a tribute at Revolution Plaza in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, March 7, 2013. The Cuban government declared two days of national mourning and ordered flags to fly at half-staff after the death of Chavez. Some islanders worried about the loss of the country's No. 1 ally, who has sent billions of dollars of oil to Cuba at preferential terms. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)</p><p>A woman weeps hugging a book with the image of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro, as she leave a tribute for the South American leader at Revolution Plaza in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, March 7, 2013. The Cuban government declared two days of national mourning and ordered flags to fly at half-staff after the death of Chavez. Some islanders worried about the loss of the country's No. 1 ally, who has sent billions of dollars of oil to Cuba at preferential terms. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17226198-leaders-attending-chavez-funeral-in-venezuelahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17226198-leaders-attending-chavez-funeral-in-venezuelavenezuelachavezfuneralhugo-chavezworld-newsltvipsThu, 7 Mar 2013 19:35:21 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, left, Venezuela's interim President Nicolas Maduro, second from left, Uruguay's President Jose Mujica, third from left, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, fourth from left, and Mujica's wife, Uruguayan Senator Lucía Topolansky stand next to the flag-draped coffin containing the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez on display during his wake in Fort Tiuna military academy where his body will lie in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Seven days of mourning were declared, all schools were suspended for the week and friendly heads of state were expected for an elaborate funeral Friday. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Press Office)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17223780-iranian-president-to-attend-chavez-funeralhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17223780-iranian-president-to-attend-chavez-funeraliranchavezfuneralhugo-chavezworld-newsmahmoud-ahmadinejadmlThu, 7 Mar 2013 14:19:45 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17220701-chavezs-try-to-be-savior-of-poor-floundered-in-ushttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17220701-chavezs-try-to-be-savior-of-poor-floundered-in-ususnew-orleanschavezappealamericanhurricane-katrinahugo-chavezus-newsThu, 7 Mar 2013 09:47:32 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE -In this Sept. 20, 2006, file photo, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez holds a Spanish-language version of "Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance" by Noam Chomsky while addressing the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. During his address, Chavez, who often tried to cast himself as a champion of the American poor, called President George W. Bush "the devil." (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)</p><p>In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Hugo Chavez' mother Elena Frias, third from left, and brothers Adan, second from left, Argenis, first right, and Adelis, fourth from right, stand next to the flag-draped coffin containing the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez on display during his wake at a military academy where his body will lie in state until his funeral in in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Seven days of mourning were declared, all schools were suspended for the week and friendly heads of state were expected for an elaborate funeral Friday. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Press Office)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17217248-general-heart-attack-killed-a-suffering-chavezhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17217248-general-heart-attack-killed-a-suffering-chavezvenezueladeathchavezhugo-chavezworld-newsltchavez-deathThu, 7 Mar 2013 05:47:08 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Hugo Chavez' mother Elena Frias, third from left, and brothers Adan, second from left, Argenis, first right, and Adelis, fourth from right, stand next to the flag-draped coffin containing the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez on display during his wake at a military academy where his body will lie in state until his funeral in in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Seven days of mourning were declared, all schools were suspended for the week and friendly heads of state were expected for an elaborate funeral Friday. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Press Office)</p><p>Supporters hold a doll depicting of the late President Hugo Chavez as they wait in line to see his body outside the Fort Tiuna military academy in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Chavez's body will lie in sate at the academy until his funeral, scheduled for Friday. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, left, Venezuela's interim President Nicolas Maduro, second from left, Uruguay's President Jose Mujica, third from left, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, fourth from left, and Mujica's wife, Uruguayan Senator Lucía Topolansky stand next to the flag-draped coffin containing the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez on display during his wake in Fort Tiuna military academy where his body will lie in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Seven days of mourning were declared, all schools were suspended for the week and friendly heads of state were expected for an elaborate funeral Friday. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Press Office)</p><p>In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Hugo Chavez' mother Elena Frias, third from left, and brothers Adan, second from left, Argenis, first right, and Adelis, fourth from right, stand next to the flag-draped coffin containing the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez on display during his wake at a military academy where his body will lie in state until his funeral in in state in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Seven days of mourning were declared, all schools were suspended for the week and friendly heads of state were expected for an elaborate funeral Friday. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Press Office)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17213619-venezuela-petro-allies-nervous-over-chavezs-deathhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17213619-venezuela-petro-allies-nervous-over-chavezs-deathoilvenezuelachavezsoviet-unionworld-newscbspecial-periodWed, 6 Mar 2013 23:36:54 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2007 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, top center, shakes hands with Haiti's President Rene Preval as Cuba's acting President Raul Castro, far left, looks on during the inauguration of the IV Petrocaribe summit in Cienfuegos, Cuba. Now nervous Cubans are worrying about a return of hard times following the March 5, 2013 death of Chavez, whose billions of dollars of oil largesse helped the island's economy function. More than a dozen countries besides Cuba in Latin America and the Caribbean, many of them economic minnows, have benefited to the tune of billions of dollars from the Petrocaribe pact, created in 2005 with the goal of unifying the regional oil industry under Venezuelan leadership and countering U.S. influence. (AP Photo/Dado Galdieri, File)</p><p>FILE - This May 28, 2010 file photo shows the Camilo Cienfuegos oil refinery in Cienfuegos, Cuba. Part of the Cuban government's effort, with Venezuela, to rehabilitate and modernize the area's oil refinery, is to build three additional loading docks and a terminal large enough to accommodate modern supertankers by 2014 at its port in Cienfuegos. Now nervous Cubans are worrying about a return of hard times following the March 5, 2013 death of Chavez, whose billions of dollars of oil largesse helped the island's economy function. More than a dozen countries besides Cuba in Latin America and the Caribbean, many of them economic minnows, have benefited to the tune of billions of dollars from the Petrocaribe pact, created in 2005 with the goal of unifying the regional oil industry under Venezuelan leadership and countering U.S. influence. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Prensa Latina, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17205135-chavez-life-in-images-and-reaction-to-his-deathhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17205135-chavez-life-in-images-and-reaction-to-his-deathvenezuelachavezphotoworld-newsgalleryltnicolas-maduroWed, 6 Mar 2013 08:32:20 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A woman reads a newspaper as she stands by a wall covered with posters showing Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez pictured with his daughters Maria Gabriela, and Rosa Virginia, outside the military hospital in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. A brief statement read on national television by Communications Minister Ernesto Villegas late Monday carried the sobering news about the charismatic 58-year-old leader's deteriorating health. Villegas said Chavez is suffering from "a new, severe infection." The state news agency identified it as respiratory. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2002 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez waves to supporters during a government march commemorating the anniversary of Venezuelan democracy in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 that Chavez has died. Chavez, 58, was first diagnosed with cancer in June 2011. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)</p><p>FILE - In this July 21, 2006 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, gestures as Cuba's President Fidel Castro looks on during an event in Cordoba, Argentina. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 that Chavez has died at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia, File)</p><p>In this July 5, 1975 photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Hugo Chavez, center, poses with his mother Elena Frias and father Hugo de los Reyes Chavez at his graduation from the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 that Chavez has died. Chavez, 58, was first diagnosed with cancer in June 2011. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)</p><p>FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2005 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez wears a Mexican sombrero as he sings a Mexican ranchera song at a rally in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 that President Hugo Chavez has died at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. During more than 14 years in office, Chavez routinely challenged the status quo at home and internationally. He polarized Venezuelans with his confrontational and domineering style, yet was also a masterful communicator and strategist who tapped into Venezuelan nationalism to win broad support, particularly among the poor. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)</p><p>Mexican supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez embraces in front of Venezuela's embassy in Mexico City, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced that Chavez died on Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)</p><p>Manny Garcia holds a Venezuelan flag at the Arepazo 2 restaurant in Doral, Fla., Tuesday, March 5, 2013, after hearing the news of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's death. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)</p><p>A woman places a candle in front of an image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez outside the Venezuela's embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Bolivia's President Evo Morales decreed seven days of mourning after Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced that Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)</p><p>A supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez cries as she learns that Chavez has died through an announcement by the vice president in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced that Chavez died on Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. During more than 14 years in office, Chavez routinely challenged the status quo at home and internationally. He polarized Venezuelans with his confrontational and domineering style, yet was also a masterful communicator and strategist who tapped into Venezuelan nationalism to win broad support, particularly among the poor. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)</p><p>FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2005 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez wears a Mexican sombrero as he sings a Mexican ranchera song at a rally in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 that Chavez has died. Chavez, 58, was first diagnosed with cancer in June 2011. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)</p><p>FILE - In this April 14, 2002 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gestures to supporters as he arrives to Miraflores presidential palace after being freed by his military captors two days after the military announced he had resigned in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 that Chavez has died at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. During more than 14 years in office, Chavez routinely challenged the status quo at home and internationally. He polarized Venezuelans with his confrontational and domineering style, yet was also a masterful communicator and strategist who tapped into Venezuelan nationalism to win broad support, particularly among the poor. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)</p><p>A mourning ribbon with the colors of the Mexican flag sits next to an image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in front of Venezuela's embassy in Mexico City, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced that Chavez died on Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. The signs read in Spanish "Chavez lives forever! Long Live Venezuela!" and "Farewell forever Hugo Chavez." (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)</p><p>Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, centers, gestures as he delivers a speech in front of an image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez during a ceremony honoring Chavez in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced that Chavez died on Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p><p>An Argentine supporter of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez places a candle near signs reading in Spanish "Chavez present now and forever" and "Strength Venezuela, Argentina embraces you" during a demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced that Chavez died on Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)</p><p>People gather honoring Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez outside Venezuela's embassy in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced that Chavez died on Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17202858-chavez-death-brings-uncertainty-hope-to-oil-patchhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17202858-chavez-death-brings-uncertainty-hope-to-oil-patchbusinessusdeathchavezoil-industryindustryhugo-chavezfollowing-tuesdayWed, 6 Mar 2013 06:02:34 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2006 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wave to the press after inaugurating an oil drill in San Tome, Venezuela. Following Tuesday’s death of Hugo Chavez, Venezuela faces near-term political uncertainty that could bring further turmoil to its oil industry. The country’s oil exports fell by nearly half during Chavez’s 14 years as president and that kind of decline is not easily reversed. It will take years of investment to turn around the country’s beleaguered oil sector. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17202609-quotes-about-the-death-of-venezuelas-hugo-chavezhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17202609-quotes-about-the-death-of-venezuelas-hugo-chavezquoteschavezreactionhugo-chavezus-newsWed, 6 Mar 2013 05:43:01 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Ecuador's President Rafael Correa speaks during a press conference in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Correa decreed three days of mourning after Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced that Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)</p><p>Candles, placed by mourner demonstrators, burn in front of an image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez outside Venezuela's embassy in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced that Chavez died on Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17201888-venezuelas-baseball-team-mourns-death-of-chavezhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17201888-venezuelas-baseball-team-mourns-death-of-chavezvenezuelachavezbbihugo-chavezus-newswbcWed, 6 Mar 2013 04:42:39 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Feb. 25, 1999 file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, wearing the national baseball team uniform, pitches to Chicago Cubs out fielder Sammy Sosa during a batting exhibition at Universtity Stadium in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 that Chavez has died. Chavez, 58, was first diagnosed with cancer in June 2011. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)</p><p>A woman places a candle in front of an image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez outside the Venezuela's embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Bolivia's President Evo Morales decreed seven days of mourning after Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced that Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)</p><p>Candles, placed by mourner demonstrators, burn in front of an image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez outside the Venezuela's embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Bolivia's President Evo Morales decreed seven days of mourning after Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced that Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)</p><p>Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, centers, gestures as he delivers a speech in front of an image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez during a ceremony honoring Chavez in Managua, Nicaragua, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced that Chavez died on Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. Bottom right is the Archbishop of Managua Miguel Obando y Bravo.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)</p>