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Son: Venezuelan Ex-President Caldera Dead at 93

Two-time President Rafael Antonio Caldera, considered one of the founders of Venezuelan democracy after decades of dictatorship, has died. He was 93.

Caldera died around 2 a.m. in the capital of Caracas, his son Andres Caldera told Globovision news channel.

Andres Caldera did not give a cause of death, but the former president suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years.

Read entire article at AP