CULT OF CHAVEZ: Chavez's body to be on permanent display, Venezuela says | McClatchy

Hugo Chavez will be permanently displayed, a Communist/Socialist habit when creating an ideological cult of True Believers, such as was done with Lenin below in Moscow:

Lenin′s body in mausoleum on Moscow′s Red Square (RIA Novosti/Oleg Lastochkin)

CARACAS, Venezuela — Cuban leader Raul Castro arrived in Venezuela Thursday afternoon to attend President Hugo Chavez's funeral.

Castro's unexpected arrival came after much speculation here about why neither the Venezuelan nor Cuban governments had provided any information on whether the Cuban leader would be on hand for Chavez's funeral service and burial on Friday.

On Thursday afternoon, Acting Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro says Chavez's body will be permanently displayed.

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