Originally posted by Wikinews. Wikinews content appears under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license except where specified. As these articles are static snapshots of news items that may be later updated, they may not represent the latest or final revision of that article, and posted information may be only preliminary. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez dies aged 58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 5, 2013 Original URL: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Venezuelan_President_Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vez_dies_aged_58 Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez died this afternoon at 16:25 local time, Minister Nicolás Maduro said. , he said on television national chain. Chávez had not been seen in public since December, and in February he was brought from Cuba to Venezuela, to be admitted at the Hospital Militar in Caracas. Information Minister Ernesto Villegas recently said Chávez was suffering from a new infection that was affecting his breathing, and was undergoing "intensive chemotherapy." Hugo Chávez announced he had cancer in June 2011. He was re-elected president of Venezuela in October 2012 for another term of six years; his swearing-in, however, was delayed because of his illness. , Maduro said after announcing Chávez's death. ==Sources== * Tweets ([https://twitter.com/noticierovv/status/309060389411364865 1], [https://twitter.com/noticierovv/status/309060510882623488 2], [https://twitter.com/noticierovv/status/309060605162184704 3]) -- ''Venevisión'', March 5, 2013 * http://www.lanacion.cl/esta-tarde-murio-hugo-chavez/noticias/2013-03-05/185803.html * http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21665289#TWEET642650 * .