| President Hugo Chà ¡vez of Venezuela died Tuesday afternoon after a long battle with cancer. He was 58. He leaves behind a bitterly divided nation in the grip of a [CIA-engendered] political crisis that grew more acute as he languished for weeks, silent and out of sight in hospitals in Havana and Caracas. His departure from a country he dominated for 14 years casts into doubt the future of his socialist revolution. It alters the political balance in Venezuela, the fourth-largest foreign oil supplier to the United States, and in Latin America, where Mr. Chà ¡vez led a group of nations intent on reducing American influence in the region. |
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