President Hugo Chavez has Died
Tamara Pearson
Merida, March 5th 2013
After two years of battling cancer, President Hugo Chavez has died March 5th at 4.25 pm.

Vice-president Nicolas Maduro made the announcement on public television shortly after, speaking from the Military Hospital in Caracas, where Chavez was being treated.

Military and Bolivarian police have been sent out into the street to protect the people and maintain the peace. For now, things are calm here, with some people celebrating by honking their car horns, and many others quietly mourning in their homes.

Maduro made the announcement just a few hours after addressing the nation for an hour, accusing the opposition of taking advantage of the current situation to cause destabilisation.

“Those who die for life, can’t be called dead,” Maduro concluded.

In Caracas, thousands of people have gathered in Plaza Bolivar and are said to be heading to the Miraflores Palace. Those gathered are shouting that “Chavez lives, the struggle continues,” “the people united will never be defeated,” as well as swearing that the Venezuelan bourgeoisie “will never return” to the Miraflores Palace.

Chavez supporters are also gathering in central squares across the country to rally together and mourn the death of their president.

Describing the scene in Caracas, Andromaco Martinez, stated that he was on the metro when he found out about the president’s death, “people began running everywhere”.

In Plaza Bolivar, “no-one is crying or praying,” he said, emphasising that the Venezuelan people would defiantly defend the revolution.

“The struggle has already been ignited,” he added.

Here is the lead article in Valenzuela Analysis on Chavez's death.

While Progressives in Venezuela and South America Mourn the Death of Hugo Chavez The Non Progressive Forces of Global Facism in The CIA and Big Oil along with Obushma The Drone Ranger are Celebrating Big Time and beginning to make their Plots for Regime Change in Venezuela and the Installment of a CIA backed Military Junta in Venezuela. Obushma is publicly putting out of Extending his hand of Friendship to the People of Venezuela, while he and The CIA Privately are making plots to Install a Military Junta in Venezuela, which will be Friendly to to The CIA and Unfriendly to The People of Venezuela. With Friends like The CIA, Big Oil, and Obushma you won't be needing any Enemies, as they're no Friendlier to Venezuela than they are to their own People in America or for that matter Anyone Else, Except for their CIA backed Junta Leaders that is.