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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Tue Mar 5, 2013, 09:50 PM Mar 2013

Venezuelans pour into streets to mourn Hugo Chavez

Venezuelans pour into streets to mourn Hugo Chavez
| March 5, 2013 | Updated: March 5, 2013 7:07pm

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hundreds of anguished Venezuelans poured into the streets of downtown Caracas crying, hugging each other and shouting slogans in support of President Hugo Chavez after learning of his death Tuesday.

Clusters of women with tears streaming down their faces clung to each other and wept near the Miraflores presidential palace. Some wore T-shirts with slogans that read "Go forward commander!"

Nearby, men with grim and somber faces pumped their arms in the air while shouting "Long live Chavez! Long live Chavismo!"

People also gathered outside the military hospital where Chavez died. Soldiers in riot gear stood shoulder to shoulder guarding the complex.

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Judi Lynn

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1. Public funeral for Venezuela's Chavez to be held Friday

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Tue Mar 5, 2013, 10:03 PM

Mar 2013

Public funeral for Venezuela's Chavez to be held Friday

LIMA | Wed Mar 6, 2013 6:25am IST

(Reuters) - The corpse of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will lie in state through Friday when a public funeral will be held with invited guests from across Latin America, Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said late on Tuesday.

He declared seven days of mourning for the leader who died of cancer and said Chavez's body would be transferred from hospital to a military academy on Wednesday.

http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/03/06/venezuela-chavez-funeral-idINDEE92501B20130306?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=401

Judi Lynn

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2. Tributes to Hugo Chávez flow from South American leaders

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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 02:42 AM

Mar 2013

Tributes to Hugo Chávez flow from South American leaders

Deep mourning for presidents who shared vision of 'Bolivarian revolution', while non-allies praise role in regional unity

Jonathan Watts in Buenos Aires
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 5 March 2013 23.19 EST

Tributes and condolences after the death of Hugo Chávez have flowed in from South America, where many saw the Venezuelan president as the inspiration behind increased regional intergration and the remarkable political gains of leftwing parties since the Venezuelan president began his "Bolivarian revolution".

Bolivia announced seven days of mourning. The presidents of Brazil and Argentina cancelled a summit. In Colombia Chávez was hailed as the decisive figure in that country's ongoing peace process; in Ecuador as a revolutionary figurehead; and in Chile – which has taken a different political path – as a key figure in regional intergration.

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In capitals throughout the region people thronged to Venezuelan embassies to express their solidarity. "The loss is irreparable. He was a great leader and friend of Brazil," said Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff. "President Chávez will live on in the empty space that he filled in the heart of history and the struggle of Latin America."

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Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia and a close ally, departed for Caracas soon after hearing the news, according to the Spanish news agency EFE. "We are hurt. We are devasted," Morales said. "We feel Hugo Chávez is more alive than ever. He will continue being an inspiration for people who fight for liberty."

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/06/tributes-hugo-chavez-south-american

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