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Caribbean-Latin America
Chavez about to punch out?
2013-01-05
Lots of slurpy tongue-love by the Guardian in this piece, just as you'd expect...
Ick. Some things are best kept behind closed doors. One would think the broadsheet of former public schoolkids with their university sheepskins would understand such things.
The change of mood in Plaza Bolivar could hardly be more dramatic. Less than three months ago, jubilant crowds filled the main square in Caracas to celebrate another election triumph for Hugo Chavez with chants of "Oo, ah, Chavez no se va" -- Chavez won't go. Now, however, supporters wait anxiously for any scrap of news from Havana, Cuba, where their president is fighting for his life after emergency cancer surgery.

"We are all very confused. We have no idea what to expect. I pray for his recovery but I am expecting the worst," said Joaquín Cavarcas, as he scanned the Ciudad CCS newspaper for the latest update.
He's got an incurable cancer, wide-spread metastases, internal bleeding, pneumonia and (likely) sepsis -- yup, you're quite reasonable here to expect the worst...
Next Thursday, Chavez is supposed to be inaugurated for a further six-year term of office at a ceremony at the National Assembly. But the usually gregarious, publicity-loving president
Which is Guardian-speak for dictatorial thug...
has not been seen or heard since his operation on 11 December, prompting speculation that he will not recover ever in time.
Posted by:Steve White

#11  HUGO + Beret have been fighting his affliction since the late 1970's + early 1980's - I do NOT believe he will just quietly accept the inevitable.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-01-05 21:31  

#10  Agree with the Commodore, the head must be taken to insure the revolution!

Down with the Oligarch!
Down with the CIA
Fatherland Socialism or Death...
but wait a bit please.
Posted by: Shipman   2013-01-05 17:12  

#9  All these years of wishing the worst on him and asking God for it. And it happens. Next we'll find out he had aids and ruptured testicles.
Posted by: Charles   2013-01-05 13:59  

#8  they should freeze his head - in case science comes up with a cure in some future date. Do it now. Don't wait for his death
Posted by: Frank G   2013-01-05 13:48  

#7  Dale, I'm to the point where these 3rd world thugocracies should get as bad as they can as fast as they can. The worse the better. They buy it, they pay for it.
Posted by: AlanC   2013-01-05 11:25  

#6  Gone is good, better than if he recovered.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2013-01-05 09:19  

#5  With Hugo gone his replacement looks to be far worse.More of the same business but accelerated.
More like a Castro in his early years.
Posted by: Dale   2013-01-05 08:18  

#4  If Hugo is such a saviour to Venezuela, why don't they have better health care in-country? Does Venezuela by any chance have something like ObamaCare?
Posted by: JohnQC   2013-01-05 08:09  

#3  National Assembly President is picked today.
No clue as to how this is going to play out, but in due course Godgiven Hair is going to snag the job, I figure sometime after the massive devaluation that's gotta happen. Then there's Adan.... the mean Chavez...
Posted by: Shipman   2013-01-05 05:50  

#2  Article is doubled.

Always good to see a nice case of sepsis at just the right time.
Posted by: gromky   2013-01-05 04:22  

#1  I have been asked to say something at this time. The first thing came into my mind was the last verse to the Eagles song, "Hotel California."

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
"Relax, " said the night man,
"We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave! "

Posted by: Alaska Paul   2013-01-05 02:00  

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