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Venezuelan ex-President Rafael Caldera dies at 93
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| Last Edited | RMF Dec 24, 2009 05:58pm |
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| Category | Obituary |
| Author | Fabiola Sanchez and Jorge Rueda |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Thursday, December 24, 2009 10:45:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | CARACAS, Venezuela -- Rafael Antonio Caldera, the two-time president who helped establish democracy in Venezuela and issued the pardon that allowed Hugo Chavez to rise to power, died Thursday in Caracas, his son said. He was 93.
Andres Caldera, in comments to Venezuelan television, did not give the cause of his father's death, but the former president who governed Venezuela from 1969-1974 and 1994-1999 had suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years.
Although 20 years divided his terms, Caldera's manner of ruling was the same: Reserved, tough with political adversaries and inclined toward populism. He was also known for living simply and eschewing luxuries, and for integrity in a country where corruption is common.
In 1994, Caldera pardoned Chavez, who was jailed for leading a failed military coup two years earlier. But Caldera was later deeply at odds with Venezuela's current president.
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