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Events on Sunday 7 October 2012 1
2012Hugo Chavez re-elected President of VenezuelaFourth term win amid battle with cancerHugo Chavez won re-election to a fourth term as Venezuela's president, defeating opposition candidate Henrique Capriles. Chavez was already suffering from the cancer that would kill him the following year.