委內瑞拉總統查韋斯因癌症去世 結束14年執政

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.
本週二，委內瑞拉總統烏戈·查韋斯在經歷兩年與癌症的抗爭後，於當日下午逝世，結束了對對委內瑞拉14年的執政。這位著名的社會主義領導人，是委內瑞拉貧苦人民的英雄，但也是反對派憎恨的對象。

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.
查韋斯終年58歲，2011年年中，他因爲骨盆區發現癌細胞而患上癌症，在古巴接受了四次手術。最後一次手術是在去年的12月11日，自此他再未出現在公衆面前。

"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.
古巴副總統馬杜羅在電視講話中宣佈了這一消息：“我們剛收到了最讓我們悲痛的消息，就在3月5日今天下午的4點25分，我們的總統查韋斯逝世。” 馬杜羅幾度哽咽。

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.
查韋斯在去年10月的總統大選中輕鬆連任，開始了新的六年任期。他的死訊也讓數不清的支持者難過不已，他的個人魅力和反美激情深受委內瑞拉人民喜愛，而他主導的石油金融政策也爲國內長期被忽視的貧民們帶來了食品補貼和免費醫療等多項福利。

Chavez's death opens the way for a new election that will test whether his socialist "revolution" can live on without his dominant personality at the helm.
查韋斯的逝世意味着委內瑞拉將重新選舉，而他的社會主義“革命”也將受到考驗，在沒有了關鍵人物掌舵，這些政策是否還會持續下去？