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Miraflores Palace / Handout / EPA
Mourners file past the body of the late Hugo Chavez at the Military Academy in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday, Mar. 13.
CARACAS — Venezuela's government said on Wednesday it may not be possible to embalm the remains of late leader Hugo Chavez as planned because the process should have been started earlier.
Chavez died last week aged 58 after a two-year battle with cancer. His body has been on display in a glass-topped coffin at a grandiose military academy in the capital Caracas, where millions of people have filed past to pay homage.
The government had said it planned to embalm Chavez's remains "for eternity" in much the same way as was done with the remains of Soviet leaders Lenin and Stalin and communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong after they died.
"Russian and German scientists have arrived to embalm Chavez and they tell us it's very difficult because the process should have started earlier ... Maybe we can't do it,'' acting President Nicolas Maduro said in televised comments on Wednesday.
"We are in the middle of the process. It's complicated, it's my duty to inform you."
Government sources said they expected a formal announcement to be made later this week that, despite the efforts of the team involved, it had not been possible to embalm Chavez.
World leaders and celebrities paid a last tribute to the flamboyant late Venezuelan leader at his funeral last week. On Friday, his body is due to be transferred from the military academy to a museum on a hilltop overlooking the Miraflores presidential palace.
Chavez's death has brought an outpouring of emotion in Venezuela, especially among his millions of mostly poor supporters, many of whom viewed him almost as a religious figure even before his death.
Detractors say the adoration of Chavez is over-the-top and ignores his confrontational style and bullying of opponents.
They accuse the government of manipulating emotions around his death to help Maduro win an election scheduled for April 14.
Francisco Gomez / Spanish Royal / EPA
Supporters of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mourn his death and gather for his funeral.
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That's OK, because they will simply make a wax mask of his head and put a dummy inside his clothes. It is impossible to embalm someone so they are presentable forever. It just cannot be done. Lenin is a wax dummy, too.
Why not just torch the sumbeech and toss his crems down a storm drain. I like the wax dummy idea. I'm sure that the folks at Madame Tussauds will oblige - for an up front fee.
Get a taxidermist
Burn his stupid ass.
I don't which one done more damage to the world Chavez or Bush... oh wait I do know... no one has done more harm to the world this century than Bush.
Hey, Venezuela, here's a clue. Two words. Ready? ......
"Pickle Jar!"
A great big honkin' pickle jar filled with formaldehyde. It works great for lab specimens, so why wouldn't it work for your overripe Latin American Dictator - oops, make that "el Presidente" (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).
What is not mentioned in this article is that Russian scientists had a head start when they embalmed Lenin and Stalin; several decades of heavy vodka consumption and the job was already half done!
...'Chavez is far [too]gone....I would say so, he's dead for crying out loud.
Unfortunately, he's "All Dead". If he were only "Mostly Dead", they could do a miracle and embalm him.... but with "All Dead"..... can't be done!
Well according to Miracle Max, if he is all dead, you can try searching his pockets for loose change, as you wish. One might get enough to pay for the effort.But no true love lost,I believe.
Call Chuck Testa.
"Robert In Oregon" Re: What is not mentioned in this article is that Russian scientists had a head start when they embalmed Lenin and Stalin; several decades of heavy vodka consumption and the job was already half done! Good one! ROFLAO!
"JazzJ" & "Arch Dude": Discussion in my Biz English class regarding "dead" & "deader" or "more dead" by the teacher, "Nobody can be 'more dead' or 'deader.' Dead is DEAD!" So, yes, I have to agree with your assessments or, as my teacher so succinctly put it, "Dead is DEAD!"
Careful George, your IQ is showing.
Lenin is not a wax dummy.
Prop a Mr. Potato Head up on a pillow and call it good.
Why all the hoopla?
Leave him under glass, as is, to serve as a science experiment for the youth of Venezuela. At least then his existence would have some sustained benefit.
They probably don't get any of the CSI shows in Venezuela, so this would be a great opportunity to learn firsthand about the Wonderful World of Decomp!
Hey George Disrespectful...my ass...your lips dummy!
Now THAT is disprespectful...but it's the best you'll get from me. Moron!
That proves it Russian Vodka is better then VenezuelanVodka and Cuban vodka put together, they should have used Rum! Rum with a opium base. Good stuff. back in about 1970 we used to patronize a bar in Iwakuni Japan called the western Tokyo the bar mom found a bottle of Bacardi rum from the early 60's made in Cuba we burned it down and wow drink that and you forget all your problems. there was something about real Cuban Bacadi rum. tried it with Portirican Bacardi not the same.
The best part of decomp is after liquidation and the froth rises, but it smells really bad! the smell last for a long time, you cant get it out of your nose, a good Rum helps. but you have to snort it. cant do that with children.
Not much of a health care system when you lose the dead ones too.
All those tears... "I want my welfare!!!"
Bama will most likely go and see his old friend, but he cant get his book signed now.
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Well Windancersong ,,,,
,,,,,, according to some sources, Chavez died with 2 Billion in the bank as just reward for "helping the poor of Venezuela".
We are sure gonna miss him.
Sad they won't be able to use him for a tourist attraction through embalming.
Grind his pathetic azz up, box it, and feed it to the little fishies.
He probably spontaneously combusted.
Hell can't wait.
he can now "rot in peace" in that very warm place he is spending eternity
I heard that Money Grabs2, The world was done a great favor by his death but there so stupidly corrupt from mexico thru South America that it really doesn't make a difference someone as bad if not worst will take his place. I know the U.S.A. is filled with corruption too just look at obama. But some how we still try and adhere to are our bill of rights and constitution. But I must much more of obama and we may not have that.
I wonder? can he smell the sulfur now? he can compare to Bush! I'll bet it burns his nostril's more now. George purposely had eggs for breakfast, now he gets the real thing.
I suppose the next step is to find a good taxidermist, or maybe a wax sculptress.
Hey... when you make a deal with Beelzebub, stuff happens.
There is a carcus in caracus. Bury the smelly turd.
Take the f***er to a taxidermist and have him stuffed.......
He already was stuffed.
With all of Venezuela's money.
Exactly. I love how the poor people worshipped him. Don't they know his estate is valued at over 2 billion? Hmmmmm.....wonder where that came from and how many poor Venezueleans couldve used a little bit of it. Same thing in this country.....poor people worship a prez that spends 0ver 300 million to throw a party for his re-election and spends 20 million on his Christmas vacation. How many unemployed do we have? Skip the party and give each adult in this country 1 million.....How's that for spreading the wealth?
Chavez was Obama's greatest teacher, "Keep them poor and ignorant."
$300 million would be $1 for every American. To give every American $1,000,000 would be $300 trillion. That's 300 million million. Don't be an Obama voter, learn to do the math.
I think he certainly was a master of deceit. Very theatrical too, like Castro. Like most tin horn dictators, he played on the ignorance of the poor and on the greed of the takers. Sound familiar?
Jackie- I love your suggestion. Barry is milking the system for all it's worth, and then using his oratory skills to demonize anyone who opposes him. Don't you enjoy watching a master at work? Bottom line: I have no respect for people who vote strictly on the basis of skin color, black or white. That makes Blacks in the USA the worst racists, hands down.
Or maybe $300 trillion is also 3,000 billion? lol
how many poor people worship the catholic church, valued at a lot more than Chavez, also im sure Chavez has helped the poor rise alot more than the catholic church has, I dont get it, Chavez is a roman Catholic, any sin he has commited should be all good with a confession or two, right? or are Catholics just hypocrites. The same folks that worship the pope think that Chavez will burn in hell.
Rest in peace A$$HOLE!
What!! Noooooooooooooo!!
Send him to a taxidermist. They can even make blown apart animals look good as new again.
Of course thy might need some fresh spare parts. Any volunteers?
That's what I thought. Nobody liked him that much, except crackpots and taxi drivers who liked his cheap gas.
i'll be very upset if i go all the way to Vennezeula and don't get a chance to see/smell chavez. It's not like he smelled that good when he was alive
Chavez spoke before the United Nations and said "I can still smell sulfer where he stood" (when speaking of OUR President) and that was an insult to the United States and just more sabre ratteling from someone who was just "another dictator" that took advantage of his countries resources to build his fortune. Even in his death there are stories that he concoted that the United States poisoned him and caused his cancer which ultimately killed him.
I, for one, am glad I don't have to listen to an more of his B.S.!
Bush smelled bad to me, too.
which one?
All of them
I think the smell of sulfer he claimed to have smelled was hell opening up for him. Burn in hell you stupid DICtator. Cancer was too good of a death for this turd.
George Bush is alive to sh*t on Hugo's grave!!!!! that sulphur smell was Hugo's breath blowing back in his face!!! or maybe Sean Penn's blowing it up his hind end!!! Flush this turd down the toilet!!! WOOOOOOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Which Pres. did he speak of? I am sure it was Bush, you can smell him a mile aw
If a bush smells bad........
Hugo Chavez was a dictatorial piece-of-@!$%# that robbed his country while the poorest of his citizenry starved. Bush was a dick who got us into 2 wars, a housing crisis, and almost no clear direction as to where to go as a country.
All of you can stop with your political pandering and can at least admit they were crap leaders and should have never been in power to begin with. There, isn't that better than doing the same old "DURRR LIBURALS DURRRR @!$%#SURVATIVES DURRRR" routinue?
Aren't there taxidermists in Venezuela? Have they considered freeze-drying?
Good point; I thought you could freeze dry almost anything.
Dump the dead pig in the same river they found the other dead pigs in China.
According to Russian, and German experts, the embalming process for Hugo Chavez should have been start about 2 yrs prior to his death! [sarcasm] :)
One of these days they'll invent refrigeration, then be on top of the world.
He went to Cuba for a cancer cure.
That didn't work out.
So they sent him home to be preserved and they screwed that up.
So much for socialist health care.
I wonder if his medical condition was presneted before a death panel where they decided his car'a'cass was too far gone to warrant spending additional taxpayer's money?
Weak troll?
Viewer_Ready i feel sorry for you ..ignorance is not a good quality.
It's ignorant to think socialized medicine will work here when it has been proven a disaster for the people in other countries who have implemented it. Feel sorry for yourself.
Define "proven" and define "disaster"?
For a developing country, Cuba's medical system is considered to be quite advanced. And, I doubt that the majority of the citizens of Canada or the UK would consider their health systems as a "disaster." Do those systems have problems? Absolutely. But, so does ours. At least in Canada or the UK, you don't have to worry about being bankrupted by medical bills because you fall ill.
If you're in the US and you have comprehensive medical insurance, our system is probably better than most other countries. If you're not one of the lucky ones, however, our system could also be classified as a "disaster."
It has been proven.
If YOU want to sit under flickering fluorescent lights in dirty plastic chairs waiting for a "doctor" who is minimally
paid by the government.
Knock yourself out.
pour gas on him light him up . burn baby burn . democraps suck, they the biggest scumbags the Earth ever sh!t out .
As they used to say in the early 70s ... Write On ... Your wisdom and reflection on democraps, scum bags and excrement speaks volumes filled with truth.
I think the phrase was "right on". From an old hippie. lol
Call MADAME TOUSSAD's ... then put the wax dummy under glass ... Who would know the difference?
I t would take too much wax.
That much bullsh!t would be hard to reproduce.
Wax melts.
Get some Hispanic kid to haul in ice to put the wax dummy on ... Hispanics in Venezuela work cheap, water is cheap, refrigeration is available. The kid will be grateful to get the J-O-B .... as like all socialist top down economies, J-O-Bs are had to come by. Just ask OBAMA.
Now here is one dumbaz troll.....
What's that smell did someone forget to flush? oh Hugo it's just you! sorry...hahaha
AWK-WARD!
They have a wax dummy of LENIN and STALIN in Russia
They have a wax dummy of MAO in PEKING
They have numerous wax dummies on the Democrat side of Congress ... Namely PELOSI, SCHULTZ, REID, SCHUMMER, BIDEN and OBAMA
All right take a seat and put the dunce cap on that was just plain stupid
Corpse smelled like sulfur. Jesus doesn't want you. Or George Bush.
Somebody should offer grief counseling to Sean Penn & Oliver Stone.
So you prefer the right wings approach to South American politics which is causing the spread of Socialism down there and that is a repressive dictator who kills off the opposition to their right wing policies?
Hey Big Assed Ego.
Where do you get the trash that you do not take out?
Put him in his glass box and let him rot like a banana .
I am sure good old American ingenuity could ride to the rescue if he only had been nicer to us. I have to believe there are a bunch of taxidermy places in Maine or Minnesota that could do a wonderful job on Hugo. Of course, the moose antlers would be a bit tough to fit into the glass case, but hell, raise the price of oil a few cents and buy a bigger glass case.