Nicolas Maduro: Chavez's Chosen Successor -- Voice of America
The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from an undisclosed form of cancer clears the way for new elections to determine whether his socialist revolution lives on without him. Elections would have to be held within 30 days.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro is Mr. Chavez's chosen successor, but he could face a challenge from Miranda state Governor Henrique Capriles, who lost to Mr. Chavez in the October 2012 election.
The 50-year-old Maduro somberly announced on national television Tuesday that Mr. Chavez had died. Maduro urged the Venezuelan people to show strength and courage and to be united and fulfill the expectations of "this great leader." Maduro was one of the Venezuelan officials who had traveled to Cuba to visit Mr. Chavez during the president's medical treatment on the island.
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