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Hugo Chavez has died

  • 05-03-2013 11:06PM
    #1
    Aidric
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    Popular socialist President of Venezuela for 14 years has passed on after a battle with cancer.

    Breaking all over twitter at the moment. Confirmed by BBC.
    Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has died, his vice-president has announced.

    Mr Chavez had not appeared in public since he returned to Venezuela last month after cancer treatment in Cuba.

    An emotional Nicolas Maduro made the announcement on Tuesday evening, flanked by leading Venezuelan political and military leaders.

    Earlier, he said the 58-year-old Venezuelan leader had a new, severe respiratory infection and had entered "his most difficult hours".

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21679053
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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 11,331 ✭ [Deleted User]


    who ?


  • #3
    Fr_Dougal
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    Seemed like a decent man. RIP


  • #4
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    I've only ever met two Venezuelans in my life, and neither of them will shed a tear for him. So I won't either.


  • #5
    keith16
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    tajd wrote: »
    who ?

    Hugo Chavez. RIP.


  • #6
    4zn76tysfajdxp
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    who ?

    Hugo Chavez.


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  • #7
    Andy-Pandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,848 ✭✭✭Andy-Pandy


    I'm not one for conspiracy theories but i wouldn't be surprised that in a few years we find out he was poisoned.


  • #8
    efb
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    Mr Bush you are a Donkey!


  • #9
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,275 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    He should be made a saint just for calling George Bush a donkey.
    Andy-Pandy wrote: »
    I'm not one for conspiracy theories but i wouldn't be surprised that in a few years we find out he was poisoned.

    He had cancer for 3 years. Was no real secret that he was on the way out.


  • #10
    P_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Interesting times ahead in Central America so.

    Odds on some kind of a right wing coup?


  • #11
    dxhound2005
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    Maybe someone else will get a go on Venezuelan TV now.


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  • #12
    Conmaicne Mara
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    No loss.


  • #13
    anncoates
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    Great striker when he was at Madrid

    RIP


  • #14
    Praetorian Saighdiuir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭Praetorian Saighdiuir


    anncoates wrote: »
    Great striker when he was at Madrid

    RIP

    Don't be so stupid, the poor man is dead.


  • #15
    lee_baby_simms
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    George Galloway will be gutted.


  • #16
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,578 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    RIP.
    He had his faults, without a doubt. But he was loved by masses of poor in Venezuela who had been repeatedly trodden on by countless previous regimes.

    For anyone interested, I'd suggest watching the documentary "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" which focuses on the attempted coup against Chavez back in 2002.


  • #17
    lintdrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭lintdrummer


    Sad to see him go. For those who want an insight into his life their is a riveting Irish documentary called "the revolution will not be televised". Well worth watching.

    Edit: beat me to it Hammer Archer!


  • #18
    dmc17
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    Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »
    Don't be so stupid, the poor man is dead.

    He may be dead but he ain't poor


  • #19
    Cavehill Red
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    He served his people. There are very few national leaders one can say that about. We could have used a leader of his ilk here in recent years.
    RIP Hugo Chavez.


  • #20
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

    Don't be so stupid, the poor man is dead.

    Your sanctimony arouses us all.


  • #21
    Ilik Urgee
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    Why do I keep hearing loud farting noises every time I see RIP?


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  • #22
    Andy-Pandy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,848 ✭✭✭Andy-Pandy


    My name is URL wrote: »
    He should be made a saint just for calling George Bush a donkey.



    He had cancer for 3 years. Was no real secret that he was on the way out.

    There is a very high rate of cancer among leftwing south American leaders. I'm sure it's just coincidental, but is quite odd.


  • #23
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 11,331 ✭ [Deleted User]


    never heard him


  • #24
    Prodigious
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    Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »
    Don't be so stupid, the poor man is dead.

    Says your man who goes around making Madeline McCann jokes....


  • #25
    Ciaran_B
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    A great man.

    RIP.


  • #26
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,228 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Very sad

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #27
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,039 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Expect a rise in the price of petrol


  • #28
    Green Diesel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭Green Diesel


    Andy-Pandy wrote: »
    There is a very high rate of cancer among leftwing south American leaders. I'm sure it's just coincidental, but is quite odd.

    I blame the flouride... :pac:


  • #29
    anncoates
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    tajd wrote: »
    never heard him

    Well he was on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.


  • #30
    Madam_X
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    never heard him
    There's loads on the internet about him would you believe.

    Not sure he turned out to be the saviour people thought he'd be either...


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  • #31
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,356 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    What does Mourinho think of it?


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