Hugo Chavez was born on 28 July 1954 in Sabaneta, Barinas state, the son of schoolteachers.
BBC: Hugo Chavez death: Thousands march with coffin
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Some 300 people watched the funeral on screens set up in the Simon Bolivar plaza in Chavez's plains hometown of Sabaneta, where mourners had laid out flowers, candles and photos of the late leader.