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− | [[File:Hugo Chavez.jpg|right|300px]]Leaders flocked to Caracas on Friday as Venezuelans paid an emotional farewell to their late President Hugo | + | [[File:Hugo Chavez.jpg|right|300px]]Leaders flocked to Caracas on Friday as Venezuelans paid an emotional farewell to their late President Hugo Chávez. His successor Nicolas Maduro has since been sworn in as acting president and called for snap elections. |
− | + | Chávez’s closest allies were present at the state funeral in a military academy where his body has been laid in state. Among the high-profile leaders were Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Cuban President Raul Castro, Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko and Spanish crown-prince Felipe de Borbon. Other regional allies such as Brazil’s Dilma Rouseff and Ecuador’s Rafael Correa were also present. | |
− | + | Chávez died on Tuesday at the age of 58 following a two-year fight against cancer. His body will be embalmed and preserved just like Lenin, and laid out in the ‘Mountain Barracks’ where he devised a failed coup. The venue will be turned into a Museum of the Bolivarian Revolution. | |
− | *[http://rt.com/news/chavez-funeral-venezuela-maduro-024/ Venezuelans and world leaders bid farewell to Hugo Chavez] | + | *[http://rt.com/news/chavez-funeral-venezuela-maduro-024/ Venezuelans and world leaders bid farewell to Hugo Chávez] |
− | *[http://www.globalresearch.ca/upholding-the-imperial-order-the-mass-medias-defamation-of-hugo-chavez/5325747 The Mass Media’s Defamation of Hugo | + | *[http://www.globalresearch.ca/president-hugo-chavez-a-21st-century-renaissance-man/5326842 President Hugo Chavez: A 21st Century Renaissance Man] |
− | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etbEQcA7jUA The revolution will not be televised] ''- excellent documentary about the 2002 coup'' | + | *[http://www.globalresearch.ca/50-truths-about-hugo-chavez-and-the-bolivarian-revolution/5326268 50 Truths about Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution] |
+ | *[http://www.globalresearch.ca/upholding-the-imperial-order-the-mass-medias-defamation-of-hugo-chavez/5325747 The Mass Media’s Defamation of Hugo Chávez] | ||
+ | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etbEQcA7jUA The revolution will not be televised] ''- excellent documentary about the 2002 coup''a | ||
*[http://www.organicdesign.co.nz/files/chavez.avi chavez.avi] ''- a downloadable version of the film (use right-click, save as)'' | *[http://www.organicdesign.co.nz/files/chavez.avi chavez.avi] ''- a downloadable version of the film (use right-click, save as)'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:56, 16 March 2013
Rest in peace Hugo Chávez
Leaders flocked to Caracas on Friday as Venezuelans paid an emotional farewell to their late President Hugo Chávez. His successor Nicolas Maduro has since been sworn in as acting president and called for snap elections.
Chávez’s closest allies were present at the state funeral in a military academy where his body has been laid in state. Among the high-profile leaders were Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Cuban President Raul Castro, Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko and Spanish crown-prince Felipe de Borbon. Other regional allies such as Brazil’s Dilma Rouseff and Ecuador’s Rafael Correa were also present.
Chávez died on Tuesday at the age of 58 following a two-year fight against cancer. His body will be embalmed and preserved just like Lenin, and laid out in the ‘Mountain Barracks’ where he devised a failed coup. The venue will be turned into a Museum of the Bolivarian Revolution.
- Venezuelans and world leaders bid farewell to Hugo Chávez
- President Hugo Chavez: A 21st Century Renaissance Man
- 50 Truths about Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution
- The Mass Media’s Defamation of Hugo Chávez
- The revolution will not be televised - excellent documentary about the 2002 coupa
- chavez.avi - a downloadable version of the film (use right-click, save as)