Elena Frías de Chávez
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Elena Frías de Chávez is the mother of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez and is the former First Lady of the state of Barinas.[1] She grew up in the village of San Hipólito, close to the capital city of Barinas, and met her husband, Hugo de los Reyes Chávez, when she was 16 and he was 19 and working as a rural schoolteacher. She has raised 6 sons, including Hugo, her second born.[2]
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- ^ Hugo Chávez: The Definitive Biography of Venezuela's Controversial President, Cristina Marcano & Alberto Barrera Tyszka. Translated by Kristina Cordero. New York: Random House, 2007. ISBN 978-0679456667
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