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| Venezuela says embalming of Chavez' body 'unlikely' |
| 2013-03-14 |
| The acting president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro has said it is highly unlikely that the body of the former president Hugo Chavez will be embalmed. Earlier, Mr Maduro had suggested it would be preserved and displayed like Lenin, Ho Chi Minh and Mao Zedong. Mr Maduro said Russian experts thought it would probably not be possible, as the body had not been properly prepared in time and now presented complexities. Meanwhile, the official mourning period has been extended until Friday. After the president's death on 5 March, the government had declared seven days of official mourning. The United Nations general assembly held a minute of silence for Mr Chavez on Wednesday. 'Assassination plot' Mr Maduro, who is running for president in the 14 April elections, commented on the deceased leader's embalming during a speech. "Russian and German scientists have arrived to embalm Chavez and they tell us it's very difficult, because the process should have started earlier, immediately and now it's not possible. We are in the middle of the process, and it's complicated," he told the crowd. Earlier, the acting president said an alleged plot to murder the opposition presidential candidate, Henrique Capriles, had been discovered. Mr Maduro said the government would make sure his opponent received police protection. "(The plan has been) linked to the group of Roger Noriega and Otto Reich in the United States, to make an attempt on the life of the presidential candidate of the opposition." Earlier in the week, Venezuelan officials said they would set up an inquiry to investigate suspicions that President Hugo Chavez was murdered by foreign agencies. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #12 It's a job for the taxidermist now. It worked for Trigger it can work for Hugo. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-03-14 16:31 |
| #11 We'll we've seen how great Cuban health care is, so how about Cuban embalming? Probably pretty good considering how great Cuban health care is... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2013-03-14 12:50 |
| #10 Carbonite... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2013-03-14 12:47 |
| #9 Freeze-dry? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-03-14 11:31 |
| #8 Suggestion for display (WARNING: Not "Nice".).... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2013-03-14 10:25 |
| #7 So, does "Nic the Mad" now control the family? Is he gonna be "Caudillo for Life"? |
| Posted by: Alanc 2013-03-14 10:24 |
| #6 Yes. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-03-14 10:23 |
| #5 "Comrade - we cannot hide the extensive decomposition" Are we discussing Chavez or the White House ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-14 09:41 |
| #4 "Comrade - we cannot hide the extensive decomposition" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-03-14 08:40 |
| #3 How about a 34 foot tall, horse mounted bronze statue, mounted upon a large, circular Italian marble fountain base ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-14 08:30 |
| #2 I think the blowflies got at him. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2013-03-14 08:18 |
| #1 Guess they should've started, what, six months ago? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2013-03-14 00:15 |
