End of an era
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died on Mar. 5 after a two-year battle with cancer.
His passing ended 14 years of tumultuous rule that made the socialist leader a hero for the poor but a hate figure to his opponents.
Chavez's coffin is driven through the streets of Caracas after leaving the military hospital where he died of cancer.
The Venezuelan leader arrives at a news conference after winning re-election in October 2012 with 55 percent of the vote. He was too ill to be sworn in for his new six-year term, but Venezuela's Supreme Court ruled that he remained president, even in hospital.
Chavez throws his microphone after speaking during his closing campaign rally for the October 2012 election.
The famously charismatic president closes his eyes as he breaks into song next to Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez at a meeting in Miraflores Palace.
He sings at a campaign rally with Socialist party youth in Caracas.
Chavez leans back and croons into a microphone during an election rally.
He holds up the pistols of Latin American independence hero Simon Bolivar during a ceremony to mark his birthday.
He peeks from the balcony at Miraflores Palace after flying home from Cuba following a round of cancer surgery.
Chavez greets supporters on his way to the airport before departing to Cuba for surgery.
He chats with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff while posing for a photo at a summit for the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
He grins and waves as he arrives at a military parade to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Venezuela's independence.
Chavez arrives in Cancun to attend a Rio Group summit meeting.
He sings during a ceremony to sign an agreement with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Miraflores Palace.
The Venezuelan leader attends a ceremony to mark the nation's aviation day.
He drives away in a red Volkswagen Beetle after voting in the 2006 presidential election.
Chavez and his Cuban counterpart Fidel Castro joke after joining medallions, handed out by medical graduates, at the Karl Marx theatre in Havana.
Chavez wears army uniform, including his trademark red beret, on the third anniversary of his return to power after a coup against him in 2002.
His supporters take over the streets and burn tires near the presidential palace during the short-lived 2002 coup.
Chavez jokes with Fidel Castro during a friendly baseball game between Venezuela and Cuba.
Chavez and his former wife Maria Isabel wave to supporters during his closing campaign ceremony in 2000.
Chavez stands in jail in 1992 after being arrested for an attempted coup against then-President Carlos Andres Perez. The putsch failed, but it did launch his political career.
