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Paolo123

(297 posts)
Sat Mar 29, 2014, 10:37 PM Mar 2014

Fidel, Chavez moment after failed 2002 coup captured

It's still hard to accept that Chavez is dead, at least for me

avana (AFP) - Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez shared their amazement and joy upon the triumphal return to power of the late Venezuelan leader after a brief coup in 2002, an exchange vividly captured in a transcript released Friday.

"You have to make a movie about it," a delighted Castro told Chavez in a lengthy telephone conversation shortly after the Venezuelan president was welcomed back to presidential palace in Caracas by cheering masses.

"What impressive images, the faces of the people, the happiness -- something never seen before, Chavez! It's something to make paintings about," he said.

Cuba published a transcript of the conversation in an eight-page pamphlet, offering a rare and dramatic glimpse of the two friends at a key moment in their history as the closest of allies.

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Fidel, Chavez moment after failed 2002 coup captured (Original Post) Paolo123 Mar 2014 OP
And who benefited from the death of the beloved Venezuelan leader, that's right. Judi Lynn Mar 2014 #1

Judi Lynn

(160,755 posts)
1. And who benefited from the death of the beloved Venezuelan leader, that's right.
Sun Mar 30, 2014, 03:52 AM
Mar 2014

These racist, classist, greedy a-holes have been catching a lot of breaks from "fate," haven't they?

Your posted article was exceptional. I had to sock it away simply because it was wonderful, wanted to keep it.

The link didn't work for me, I put the headline in a search and found a link which did:

http://news.yahoo.com/fidel-chavez-moment-failed-2002-coup-captured-203844452.html

You are not alone in your reaction to this sleazy theft of an amazing man's life. Definitely not alone, you have a lot of company.

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