委内瑞拉总统查韦斯因癌症去世结束14年执政_BEC初级作文

委内瑞拉总统查韦斯因癌症去世结束14年执政

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday after a two-year battle with cancer, ending 14 years of tumultuous rule that made the socialist leader a hero for the poor but a hate figure to his opponents.

本周二，委内瑞拉总统乌戈·查韦斯在经历两年与癌症的抗争后，于当日下午逝世，结束了对对委内瑞拉14年的执政。这位著名的社会主义领导人，是委内瑞拉贫苦人民的英雄，但也是反对派憎恨的对象。

The flamboyant 58-year-old had undergone four operations in Cuba for a cancer that was first detected in his pelvic region in mid-2011. His last surgery was on December 11 and he had not been seen in public since.

查韦斯终年58岁，2011年年中，他因为骨盆区发现癌细胞而患上癌症，在古巴接受了四次手术。最后一次手术是在去年的12月11日，自此他再未出现在公众面前。

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"We have just received the most tragic and awful information. At 4.25 p.m. today March the 5th, President Hugo Chavez Frias died," Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced in a televised address, his voice choking.

古巴副总统马杜罗在电视讲话中宣布了这一消息：“我们刚收到了最让我们悲痛的消息，就在3月5日今天下午的4点25分，我们的总统查韦斯逝世。” 马杜罗几度哽咽。

Chavez easily won a new six-year term at an election in October and his death will devastate millions of supporters who adored his charismatic style, anti-U.S. rhetoric and oil-financed policies that brought subsidized food and free health clinics to long-neglected slums.