# Breaking news: Hugo Chavez dead at 58

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 5, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-hugo-chavez-dead-at-58/652130 "2013-03-05T22:22:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-hugo-chavez-dead-at-58/652130/61 "2013-03-11T16:42:05Z")

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> [@alphaboi867](#):
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> That, and the Cuban President (actually 2 seperate offices, President of the Council of State & President of the Council of Ministers, held by the same man) is elected by the National Assembly, not directly.
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> His succesor plans to preserve his corpse and put it on public [disiplay](http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/07/us-venezuela-chavez-idUSBRE92405420130307) like Lenin, Mao, Ho, etc.

Seriously, what is it with socialist/communist types and their tendancy to deify their leaders? I imagine psychologists could write a very interesting paper about this.

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