President Pene Nieto Joins World Leaders to Pay Final Respects at Chavez Funeral TheRealNews
go to original March 9, 2013

From Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Mexico’s Enrique Pena Nieto, about 30 heads of state joined the funeral of Hugo Chávez in a last goodbye to the charismatic but divisive Venezuelan leader who changed the face of politics in South America.

Chávez died on Tuesday aged 58 after a two-year battle with cancer, devastating millions of supporters who loved him for putting the country’s vast oil wealth at their service, but giving hope to foes who saw him as a dictator.

Huge crowds of "Chávistas" arrived early for the ceremony at a military academy where his body has been lying in state. Many were dressed in the red of the ruling Socialist Party, carrying his picture and waving Venezuelan flags.

"Chávez did not die, he multiplied!" they chanted. "Chávez lives! The revolution goes on!"

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