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Hugo Chavez, fiery Venezuelan leader, dies at 58

Hugo Chavez

President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, crusaded against U.S. influence and championed a leftist revival across Latin America, died Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer.

 

No survivors in Cuba airliner crash with 68 aboard

No survivors in Cuba airliner crash with 68 aboard

A state airliner filled with Cubans and travelers from Europe and Latin America crashed and burst into flames in a mountainous area after declaring an emergency and losing contact with air traffic controllers, the island's worst air disaster in more than 20 years.

 

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