Factbox: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday after his battle with cancer, ending the socialist leader’s extraordinary 14-year rule of the OPEC nation. Here are some key facts about Chavez: * Born to a poor family in Venezuela’s plains, or “llanos,” on July 28, 1954, Chavez once aspired to be a painter and then a professional baseball player in the U.S. Major Leagues. * His impoverished but happy childhood in rural Venezuela often were fodder for the folksy anecdotes he used when talking about politics. …