Hugo Chavez dies

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died of cancer aged 58, his vice-president Nicolas Maduro has announced.
'We have received the hardest and most tragic news that... comandante President Hugo Chavez died today at 4.25pm,' Maduro said on state television.
The once omnipresent face of the Latin American had been breathing with the aid of a tracheal tube, and had not been seen in public in almost three months.
The government had announced late on Monday (Venezuelan time) Chavez had a 'new and severe infection' and a 'worsening of respiratory function.'
Hours after the sombre medical bulletin, Maduro held a meeting with the cabinet, military officers and state governors at the presidential palace to 'define strategies regarding various projects for the development of our country,' according to state-run television.
Chavez's prolonged absence - which prevented him from being sworn in to a new six-year term earlier this year - had angered the opposition, which accused the government of lying about his condition.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro earlier warned that Venezuela was living its 'most difficult hours' since Chavez underwent cancer surgery on December 11.
'The enemies of his nation looked for how to harm the health of our commander,' he told a news conference on Tuesday.
The government then announced it was expelling two US Air Force attaches, accusing them of contacting Venezuelan military official to get information about the armed forces and to foment 'destabilisation projects'.
A US military spokesman said it was aware of the allegations and that the air attache, Colonel David Delmonico, was 'en route back to the United States'.
At a military hospital in Caracas, dozens of supporters prayed, held photos of Chavez and wept in a chapel that was built for the 58-year-old leader