From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, his life and his legacy.

Hello again, I'm Mormon Alney, and this is To the Poet from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. During 14 years as president, Hugo Chavez used Venezuela's vast oil

resources to help the poor, which made him a hero to masses of people. He also earned the

ongoing opposition of the previous ruling class, while in this country Chavez was demonized

as anti-capitalist and anti-American.

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International Program Fund. Hello again, Warren Onni, back with To the Point. Venezuela's vice president

has declared seven days of morning for Hugo Chavez,

who died yesterday in Caracas. The leaders of other Latin American countries are arriving already to

pay their respects. During surgery and chemotherapy treatments in Cuba, Chavez hasn't been seen in public

for months, and the nature of his cancer has not been revealed.

Nathan Crooks is Caracas Bureau Chief for Bloomberg News.

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