Venezuela prepares to honor Chavez on the first anniversary of his death

Tuesday, March 4th 2014 - 23:31 UTC

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Venezuela has geared up for commemorations of populist leader Hugo Chávez's death despite continued protests against his successor that have shaken the OPEC member and threatened the legacy of “El Comandante.” Read full article

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Klingon
More flag waving and beating of drums by ignorant peasants!
The old Chavez sympathy vote will only take him so far.
Things should heat up there in the next couple of weeks and get that idiot out of the palace and back into the bus where he belongs!
Mar 05th, 2014 - 01:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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cheekychulo
With their oil wealth Venezuela could of had it all, but years of playground politics has shown what a fool can do with money .

Would you want Borat the ex-bus driver speaking on your behalf?
Mar 05th, 2014 - 01:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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CabezaDura2
Considering to what happened to Peron's corpse... Its possible that Chavez supporters and fanatics will start adoring a corpse, they will cut off pieces of it and keep them as reliques. Peron's definitive burial in the Quinta 17 de Octubre was a gun battle between unions.
Mar 05th, 2014 - 04:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Mendoza Canadian
They have been “honouring” him everyday for the last year via the propaganda machine known as TeleSurTV. Day in day out. It never ends.
Mar 05th, 2014 - 11:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Forgetit87
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Mar 05th, 2014 - 12:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
The bus driver needs to be careful, he may be next to Chubby sooner than he bargained for, if Venezuela is lucky that is.
Mar 05th, 2014 - 05:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
Have they selected who's going to crap in his tomb? I could send mine by post!
Mar 05th, 2014 - 07:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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BOTINHO
O Globo just announced tonight that “Fofinho Maduro ” just broke diplomatic and economic ties with Panama. Why, you ask ?

Aside from the obvious need for hysterical theatrics during “Chavez week, ” the Panamanian government dared to ask the OAS to try and help with the riots in Venezuela.

“Fofinho ” does not want “ anyone interfering ” with his dictatorial repression and control measures of Venezuela, especially while Castro and Morales are in town. As he already has 50,000 Cubans in country running his secret police, he won't need any masked Russians in uniform without insignias.

At least, not yet.
Mar 06th, 2014 - 12:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Heisenbergcontext
Reading and listening to many of the comments from Chavez's Venezuelan and foreign supporters it's clear to me that many have invested in him and his 'bolivarianism' the same hopes that others invest in a deity.

In other words accepting that 'bolivarianism' and it's messiah are, and were, deeply flawed and impractical is going to take nothing short of a spiritual awakening.
Mar 06th, 2014 - 04:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
Urgh!
I feel quite unwell. Pass me toilet paper please.

What? There isn't any! Still!!!!!

Fantastic legacy - I THINK NOT!
Mar 06th, 2014 - 11:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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