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Chavez to be embalmed ‘for eternity’; Maduro takes the oath as ‘acting’ president
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez will be embalmed and put on display “for eternity” at a military museum after the state funeral and an extended period of lying in state, acting President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesBloody hell, they are going to turn him in to a John Merrick. Suprised his daughters would be up for this.
Mar 08th, 2013 - 07:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0Yay! Embalmed and on display.
Mar 08th, 2013 - 08:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0Can't wait to visit and show my “respects”.
I think they mean he already was embalmed, two months ago, so that no one can tell he's been dead for months already.
Mar 08th, 2013 - 09:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0When will the official deification take place?
Mar 08th, 2013 - 10:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0Can we expect miracles from people who have touched the glass coffin ?
Will pilgrims walk barefoot to the shrine ?
It all sounds a bit medieval.
They will do anything to keep him in the public eye. How commie can you get? Told you so....
Mar 08th, 2013 - 10:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0Millions of people will want to respect him, so the funerals will last 2 weeks.
Mar 08th, 2013 - 10:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0He deserves so many attention in Southamerica, its the most important and with high impact event on all the region.
He represents latin america unity and solidarity and defence of our region.
lol, actually most Uruguayans and all Chileans want nothin to do with the piece of sh*t. He only represents poor, underdeveloped, easily brainwashed fools/countries.
Mar 08th, 2013 - 11:02 am - Link - Report abuse 06 malen (#)
Mar 08th, 2013 - 11:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0Millions of people will want to respect him;
He deserves so many attention in South America
That’s what they said about Stalin, millions piled by to watch him,
But over the years, decades , keeping one in top condition takes time and money,
Then sooner or later, a different world with a different leader, decides to slowly remove him,
People then forget him,
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Cultish behavior is a sign of low intelligence.
Mar 08th, 2013 - 12:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Gross
Just like every other Dictator..Stalin, Evita, Mao...simply awful.
Embalming and displaying a dead body is just creepy. He should be left to rest in peace.
Mar 08th, 2013 - 01:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@6 The sort of thing the Egyptians used to do to their pharoahs. Slit the side of the corpse and drag out the guts. Shove a wire hook up the nose and scrape out the “brain”. It can all be good nutritious stuff if you have dogs. Otherwise, turn it into pigswill. Wonder what they'll pack the corpse with? Polystyrene? Bubblewrap? Plastic for the masses!
Mar 08th, 2013 - 01:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0...“We have a great desire to meet the Comandante’s instructions” Cabello said.”
Mar 08th, 2013 - 03:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So instead of burying him next to his beloved Grandmother, they are going to embalm him and put him on show for the masses!!!!!!!
12 Simon68
Mar 08th, 2013 - 03:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well, it's what he REALLY would have wanted!
Pity they couldn't keep him from dying: he so wanted to live - not for himself of course - for the good of the revolution!
We are all Chavez, except me and millions of people who have their own, functioning, brain.
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Mar 08th, 2013 - 04:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Mar 08th, 2013 - 03:39 pm
It is very intersting that the far right and the far left seem to be indistinguishable, there was Chubby Chávez claiming to be the first “XXI century socialist” whilst demonstrating the social sensibility of Hitler.
And these idiots like Stevie and Logic shout to the world “We are all Chávez”, well I suppose as they are all brain dead that could well be true!!!!!
Venezuela needs another tourism attraction and especially if pickled Chávez is in Caracas, worlds murder capital.
Mar 08th, 2013 - 04:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0However, not mentioned is the very high maintenance cost of sustainable maintenance of an embalmed corpse suitable to remain on public display with no visible deterioration.
For Lenin, the Russians pay now about a million RUR per year (about 200,000 GBP) and there has been a LOT of discussion about just dumping Lenin into a cemetery. Stalin's corpse display was brief, from 1953 to 1961.
Funny to see discussion of burying Lenin in a popular, upscale men's fashion magazine like GQ Russia (http://goo.gl/0BzUs)
Unlike Lenin's tomb in Red Square (http://goo.gl/0BzUs) at least the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum has a nice green space around it: http://goo.gl/0BzUs)
Apparently they have investigated the process CFK has used on her face and are using it on Chavez.
Mar 08th, 2013 - 04:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 014 Simon68
Mar 08th, 2013 - 06:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Absolutely agree.
And Stevie still denies that he is Guzz.
LOLs
Good Grief, Maduro looks more like a golfer than a President of a country. I wonder where he buys his golf shirts as I like a bit of flamboyance.
Mar 08th, 2013 - 06:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Comment removed by the editor.
Mar 08th, 2013 - 07:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I thought he looked like he should be riding a motorbike up a ramp and through a loop of fire! One criticism, the jacket looks like it could do with red fringes on the sleeves.
Mar 08th, 2013 - 07:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@20 LOL
Mar 08th, 2013 - 07:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 019 clyde osborn
Mar 08th, 2013 - 07:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0poor taste for your sad leader,
get a life
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Mar 08th, 2013 - 07:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0EVIL KNEIVIL springs to mind. I shudder when the polititians in UK do not wear a tie, no taste.
Bizarre to honour a tyrant in such a way.
Mar 08th, 2013 - 08:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Viva Chavez!
Mar 09th, 2013 - 01:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0Viva Venezuela!
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Mar 09th, 2013 - 02:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0Another one of your innocent lies, albeit a distasteful one this time.
Mar 09th, 2013 - 11:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0Ayayay, you have been reported.
Mar 09th, 2013 - 02:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I respect how different cultures view death and if they want to preserve Chavez, fine. The Vatican, the phillipines, China, Russia have all done it. No one around here is going to dig up George Washington, thank God. Personally, I think its disgusting and something I would not want my children to view.
They better do it right all it takes is one single bacteria and then decomposition starts.. Embalming is supposed to be a temporary preserve until burial or cremation. Its kind of hot in Venezuela, at least in Egypt they used wrapping. And it costs ALOT OF MONEY to keep the body up. Good luck.
Considering the electricity situation in Venezuela they better have plenty of backup generators for the fridge they keep him in.
Mar 09th, 2013 - 11:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I was just saying that I wonder how they're going to preserve the body for.public viewing. If abberant tissue was removed, the fit in the pants is going to look different.
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