Iran's Little Adolf Mourns Loss of Lover

[Roudy]

DUBAI | Wed Mar 6, 2013 4:32am EST


Iran Declares Day Of Mourning For Anti-US Ally Chavez

(Reuters) - Iran declared a day of national mourning on Wednesday after the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who shared the Islamic Republic's loathing for U.S. "imperialism".

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who had forged a public friendship with Chavez characterized by lavish mutual praise, hugs and light-hearted moments, may attend Chavez's funeral on Friday, state news agency IRNA reported.

The two men had sought closer ties between their geographically distant countries, although action on joint social and military projects announced in recent years has often lagged behind the rhetoric.

"Hugo Chavez is a name known to all nations. His name is a reminder of cleanliness and kindness, bravery ... dedication and tireless efforts to serve the people, especially the poor and those scarred by colonialism and imperialism," Ahmadinejad said.

 

[kwc57]

It's always sad when someone's butt buddy dies.

 

[Roudy]

It's always sad when someone's butt buddy dies.

He still smells the sulfur of Chavez in his bunghole.

 

[waltky]

Hugo leaves Venezuela in a financial quandary...

Hugo Chavez leaves Venezuela in economic muddle
5 March 2013 - One of the most damning verdicts on the late Hugo Chavez's leadership of Venezuela came from a doctor who made a name for himself by claiming to have inside knowledge of the cancer that eventually killed the president.

Dr Jose Rafael Marquina, a Venezuelan based in Miami, repeatedly predicted that Mr Chavez's illness would prove terminal, providing detailed accounts of what he said was the president's course of treatment. His statements were given extensive coverage by the opposition media in Venezuela, eager to fill the vacuum left by the lack of official information about Mr Chavez's condition. But whatever the truth of Dr Marquina's medical diagnosis, his broader criticism of the president's record hits home. As he said during an interview with the Tal Cual newspaper in December 2012: "Chavez dealt with his illness the way he dealt with the country - in an improvised fashion."

That habit of impromptu policymaking was integral to Mr Chavez's style, right from the start of his 14 years in power. Time and again, the president would make major decisions on an ad hoc basis, often during the course of his rambling and unscripted weekly TV broadcast to the nation, known as Alo Presidente. He was particularly prone to quick-fix solutions in economic policy, resorting to regular currency devaluations, expropriations of private firms and inflation-busting public-sector pay rises rather than tackling the economy's underlying structural problems.

This fire-fighting approach continued even as Mr Chavez lingered on his Cuban sickbed, with Vice-President Nicolas Maduro implementing a 32% devaluation of the bolivar in February. As a result, Mr Chavez bequeaths a nation beset by crumbling infrastructure, unsustainable public spending and underperforming industry. Thanks to his social programmes, poorer Venezuelans have certainly benefited from the country's oil wealth more than they did under what he called the rotten elites that used to be in charge. But there are strong suspicions that much money has been wasted - not just through corruption, but also sheer incompetence.

More BBC News - Hugo Chavez leaves Venezuela in economic muddle

 

[High_Gravity]

Maybe he should go join him?

 

[irosie91]

Maybe he should go join him?

As MJB ----would say---and undoubtedly WILL------who would
be left to entertain us?

 

[High_Gravity]

Maybe he should go join him?

As MJB ----would say---and undoubtedly WILL------who would
be left to entertain us?

Theres always Samer the indestructable hunger striker!

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

I find it interesting that Chavez died on the 60th anniversary of communist mass murderer, Stalin.

 

[irosie91]

I find it interesting that Chavez died on the 60th anniversary of communist mass murderer, Stalin.

uhm can I presume the anniversary of stalin's entry to the SULPHUR HALLS?

gee----how symbolic-----do you think they are already embracing?

 

[Lipush]

This is me crying hysterically