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Hugo Chavez's supporters pray after Venezuela leader suffers new complications in cancer fight |
2013-01-01 |
[Washington Post] His Excellency President-for-Life, Caudillo of the Bolivarians Hugo Chavez’s new complications after cancer surgery prompted his closest allies to call for Venezuelans to pray for him on Monday, presenting an increasingly bleak outlook and prompting growing speculation about whether the ailing leader has much longer to live. Vice President Nicolas Maduro looked weary and spoke with a solemn expression as he announced in a televised address from Havana on Sunday that Chavez now confronts “new complications” due to a respiratory infection nearly three weeks after his operation. He described Chavez’s condition as delicate. The streets of Caracas were abuzz on Monday with talk of Chavez’s increasingly tough fight, while the news topped the front pages of the country’s newspapers. “He’s history now,” said Cesar Amaro, a street vendor selling newspapers and snacks at a kiosk in downtown Caracas. He motioned to a daily on the rack showing side-by-side photos of Maduro and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello, and said politics will now turn to them. Amaro said he expects a new election soon to replace Chavez. “For an illness like the one the president has, his days are numbered now,” he said matter-of-factly. |
Posted by:Fred |
#8 Which one was the one where he fled the country and left his co-conspirators to die at the airport so he could get away? |
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-01-01 23:35 |
#7 I thought Hugo, being a commie thug, was an atheist. Ephesians 3:19 - Love That Surpasses All Understanding Is Found In Christ. Lucky for Hugo .... |
Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2013-01-01 13:40 |
#6 He's a hell of a politician and knew/knows exactly what his peeps want to hear. But tough? After the first coup they found him in the armed forces museum hiding under a desk in um..... smelly drawers. But paratrooper counts for something, I ain't ever jumped outta no plane. |
Posted by: Shipman 2013-01-01 12:24 |
#5 Poor bastid. A very, very bad way to go. Hope he's reconciled everything with his Intelligent Designer. Like him or not, he's a tough old paratrooper. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2013-01-01 11:51 |
#4 From The Shootist: John Bernard Books: Can't you cut it out, Doc? Dr. E.W. Hostetler: I'd have to gut you like a fish. Apparently Oogo's at the fish stage... |
Posted by: PBMcL 2013-01-01 11:42 |
#3 What God do they pray to? Marx? |
Posted by: Frank G 2013-01-01 10:30 |
#2 What outcome are they praying for? |
Posted by: JohnQC 2013-01-01 10:06 |
#1 Best Health Care in the Western Hemisphere. Harry Belafonte told me... |
Posted by: tu3031 2013-01-01 02:41 |