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Chavez continues ‘to cling to Christ and life’ but suffering ‘new and severe’ infection

Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 05:07 UTC
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is suffering from a “new and severe” infection that has worsened his breathing as he undergoes intensive chemotherapy, the government said late Monday. Read full article

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  • scottbart

    clinging onto the devil more like, hopefully this scum bag will be dead soon

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 07:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ElaineB

    With his repressed immune system I cannot see how he can fight off a severe infection.

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 10:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pirate Love

    what we want to know is the cling-on suffering??

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 10:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    It is highly likely the only reason he returned was because at that point, he was brain dead already. Funny how no one can see him since his return. The regime is still working on a plan before they announce his death.

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 11:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Anglotino

    I hope this is all true. I hope he is still alive.

    And I hope that his suffering seems unending; which considering the murder rate in Venezuela is one of the highest in the world, is nothing less than he deserves.

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 11:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Sergio Vega

    Can a dead man get a new infection....???? Strange, at least.

    Or they have a conection failure and are reporting events ocurred more than 2 month ago........!!!!

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 12:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    Have you not seen Night of the Living Dead?

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 02:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    “Clinging to ”Christ“”? And I'll bet “Christ” is shaking his leg and yelling “Let go, you scumbag”.

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 02:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Idlehands

    If you google “chavez photoshop” you'll find an intersting video showing how the pic of him with his daughter was meddled with.

    It's not obvious when you see the whole picture but when you zoom in it becomes blatant.

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 02:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • andy65

    Why do these tyrants need to cling to power?? he's never going to be fit enough to rule again so move on-next one please

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 03:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • The Cestrian

    Hugo Chavez is dead:

    http://www.costaricantimes.com/tag/hugo-chavez-dead

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 03:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • mastershakejb

    6 Sergio
    LOL, exactly! I was wondering too, how a dead man's condition can worsen. More dead? Extra dead?

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 06:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • olibeira

    Sorry to break it to you but Chavez is alive.

    Good luck next time.

    PS: I think you should pay more attention to your Queens health status.

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 07:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • briton

    Apparently he is alive but barely conscious and does not know who or what is going on around him.

    Today military and government officials had a meeting to see what will happen when he has departed this life,

    Soon he will pass, and life will carry on
    History will advance,
    And he will be forgotten ,
    And CFK will lose another friend.

    .

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 07:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • olibeira

    Sorry briton.

    That's simply not true.

    He is recovering so I guess you should be very worried.

    You're about to get proven wrong again.

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 07:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • mastershakejb

    briton
    “apparently he is alive”.......according to whom? to the Venezuelan gov? lol

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 07:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • briton

    we will see,

    one does not need to worry about nothing,

    he will soon depart,
    and you will change your opinion.

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 07:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    The word is his death announcement is imminent. The VP just blamed the outcome of Chavez on a USA/CIA operation.

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 07:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • briton

    Another conspiracy theory.

    The famous who Dunn it,

    Was it the bell boy?
    The butler
    Or James bond.
    Or the mysterious hand of god.

    .

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 07:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • reality check

    The Queen had the shits.

    He's got terminal Big C.

    I would say the Queen got the best of the deal, wouldn't you?

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 07:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    From the BsAs Herald

    “Venezuela's cancer-stricken president, Hugo Chavez, is undergoing his ”most difficult hours“ since a Dec. 11 operation, his fourth in less than two years, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said.”

    Stop press from BsAs Herald: a“n employee of the US Embassy has been expelled due to conspiring against the government: Maduro”

    Perhaps it was a CIA operative wot did it! © The Sun.

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 08:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Ayayay

    Effim wow. This dense, dumb vp lets GO a low level embassy U.S guy as PROOF someone did Chavez in.

    Coincidentally, at the very moment their military is meeting with the unelected gov in place, and massaging the news.

    Uh, I'm sure Chavez had lots of close personal time with this attache, right?

    Guess Steve Jobs of Apple was hanging around with the dude too.

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 08:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • briton

    well!
    when ya gotta go, ya gotta go,

    im off ,
    unlike him,
    ill be back lol.

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 08:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Ayayay

    Interestingly, only the Wall Street Journal (kinda on the right, right?) reported this objectively in their headline. “Venezuelan gov says, Chavez...”
    If you don't have a reporter that represents your newspaper there verifying, or at least a reputable investigative reporter with gold-standard sources, it seems rational to do so.

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 08:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • scottbart

    Burn in hell CHAVez, millions are overjoyed!

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 10:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Redrow

    ITN says he's dead.

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 10:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Ayayay

    http://mobile.nytimes.com/?smid=tw-bna&bna=2951 peace be with him

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 10:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • reality check

    Sky news too. Doing a piece on him now.

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 10:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Steve-33-uk

    'Venezuela's Hugo Chavez dies from cancer'
    http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/03/05/uk-venezuela-chavez-idUKBRE92405620130305

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 10:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    Vice President Nicolas Maduro, surrounded by other government officials, announced the death in a national television broadcast. He said Chavez died at 4:25 p.m. local time.

    HEYYYYYYYY OLI !!???

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 10:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • The Cestrian

    @13

    you were saying?

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 10:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Lou Spoo

    @20 RC

    LOL. You could have used a slighlty more diplomatic phrase for describing Her Majestys condition than 'the shits'. I'd only expect that sort of language from Prince Philip!

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 11:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • briton

    15 olibeira (#)
    That's simply not true.

    well now perhaps you will change your mind,
    and none of us need worry,

    he was 58 by the way.

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 11:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    #33 olibeira ...aka Sussie on meds, simply will not believe it. They already blamed the CIA ti “united” the country to support the VP. Do they always needs a common enemy to “have” democracy?

    Mar 05th, 2013 - 11:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • briton

    Democracy always wins through,

    and tyrants and dictaters alwas drop dead.

    poor susy,

    Mar 06th, 2013 - 12:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Ayayay

    Well, at least the poor felt someone cared whether they lived or died. This is Reddit's top story. Here's a op-ed that got voted up that could have been written earlier.

    http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/19qf6v/venezuelas_hugo_chavez_dead_at_58/c8qeozj

    Mar 06th, 2013 - 04:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Forgetit86

    Mercopress couldn't even risk opening up comments section to Chávez death article. Website administrators, I believe, predicted that the hate fest over the death would be too much even for their right-wing tastes. All because of these self-entitled know-nothing Britards who insist on having opinions on countries and subjects they know s***t about!

    Mar 06th, 2013 - 05:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • mastershakejb

    Nah, that'd be you who knows nothin about other countries, impoverished Argentine. See, I traveled your ENTIRE country, something you can't afford to do. I traveled Argentina tip to tip, I traveled my country (USA) tip to tip, and many tens of countries more, and I'm still traveling right now. I'm in Malaysia at the moment, waiting for these nutcase philippinos to leave Borneo so I can go diving Sipadan Island. This is a life an Argentine could never afford, seeing the world. Instead he sits behind a computer screen accusing others of ignorance, lol

    Mar 06th, 2013 - 05:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • LEPRecon

    Well RIP Chavez.

    Hopefully Venezuela can move on to a better and more profitable future.

    On the other hand CFK must be sh!tting herself. I mean what IF the new President (when he's elected) wants her to pay back all that money her good buddy Chavez loaned Argentina (with huge interest at that).

    Mar 06th, 2013 - 05:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • reality check

    Interesing piece on Sky. Leader or tyrant, people expressing both views on Twitter.

    Mar 06th, 2013 - 07:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Vuggevise

    See you in hell you demented old pisspot. Now can they please hurry up an bury him, so I can dance on his grave?

    Mar 06th, 2013 - 08:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Boovis

    Whatever his actions as a leader, i wouldn't celebrate anyone's death. He was still a father and someone's son.

    Mar 06th, 2013 - 10:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    This from the Daily Telegraph:
    “But according to claims reported by Spanish newspaper ABC, the 58-year-old was forced to return to Cuba for emergency treatment on Friday after his condition worsened. ABC's sources go on to suggest he died at 7am Cuban time on Tuesday after his family decided they would allow doctors to stop their efforts to keep him alive.

    Life support was allegedly withdrawn and after his death, he was flown back to Caracas, it was reported.

    It was suggested vice-president Nicolas Maduro was engaged in distraction techniques to attract the media's attention with the announcement that two US embassy officials were expelled while Chavez's body was returned.

    The claims are the latest speculation to suggest the Venezuelan government has been hiding the extent of Chavez's illness.

    Many observers believed he died some days, or even weeks, ago while post-Chavez plans were put into place.

    Unnamed and unsupported sources within the president's medical team reportedly leaked information to the newspaper to suggest Chavez was secretly moved back to a hospital in Cuba where he eventually died this morning.

    It was claimed he left Venezuela after a new tumour was detected and medical resources were insufficient to treat him.

    Officials had insisted he remained in the military hospital in Caracas since returning but some observers found discrepancies, such as the absence of government ministers at his bedside. ”

    And no security at the hospital, etc.

    MP have removed the comments from their announcement: I wonder why.

    LOLs

    Mar 06th, 2013 - 10:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Boovis

    They'll be fearing a US sponsored coup. Remember Venezuela's a Russian ally, as all of SA is threatening to become. If plans to stop a potential coup weren't in place, they'd need to buy time somehow, in the meanwhile kick the US out to limit problems.

    Mar 06th, 2013 - 10:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Anglotino

    Someone really needs to send a memo to several South American governments telling them they are or are about to be a Russian ally.

    I especially believe that Chile, Peru and Colombia will be extremely surprised.

    Mar 06th, 2013 - 12:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • briton

    perhaps CFK is very upset and distressed that the referendum should be delayed out of respect for hugo the bear,

    the referendum will go ahead,
    and CFK will be in mourning,
    but for what ?

    Mar 06th, 2013 - 12:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    Maybe cfk will fake another bout of cancer for sympathy while cancer is the hot topic and the USA is the cause of chubbies demise.

    Mar 06th, 2013 - 11:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • briton

    perhaps she will miss him so much,
    she might even join him.

    Mar 07th, 2013 - 02:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Ayayay

    @42 Kind Boovis.

    Mar 08th, 2013 - 10:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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