Hugo Chavez, firebrand socialist and popular leader, is no more 8 Photos . Updated: 07 Mar 2013, 12:14 AM IST Livemint Venezuela's feisty president Hugo Chavez, 58, succumbs to his battle with cancer. Images from the life and times of the firebrand socialist 1/8A file picture of Venezulean president Hugo Chavez in his cell at the San Fransisco de Yare prison after participating in the coup d´etat against President Carlos Andrez Perez in Caracas in 1992. AFP 2/8This undated picture shows Hugo Chavez (R) when he was a child, posing with his brother Adam Chavez (L) in Barinas, Venezuela. AFP 3/8Chavez pitches to Dominican baseball ace Sammy Sosa during a friendly practice game at the Universitario Stadium in Caracas, Venezuela, 25 February, 1999. AFP 4/8Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias accompanied by his wife Marisabel Rodriguez de Chavez, waves to supporters as he arrives on 4 February 1999, to preside over a parade in his honor in Caracas, Venezuela, AFP 5/8Hugo Chavez strolling with his daughters Rosa Virginia (Left) and Maria Gabriela (Right) in Havana on 7 March 2012. Chavez shared a special relationship with Cuba’s legendary leader Fidel Castro. AFP 6/8Hugo Chavez celebrates in the people’s balcony at Miraflores Palace in Caracas on 7 October 2012 on winning a re-election with 54 percent of the total votes. Reuters 7/8The softer side of an enigmatic leader: Hugo Chavez plays a guitar, a gift from Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez, during a cabinet meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas on 20 September 2012. Reuters 8/8Chavez waves upon landing at the airport in Tachira, Venezuela, on 20 October, 2011. Battling cancer for over two years, the fiesty leader appeared to have recovered after medical tests in Cuba. Sadly, it wasn’t to be.AFP