Chavez successor is Nicolas Maduro.

[MoonRiver]

"CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Vice President Nicolas Maduro is taking over leadership of Hugo Chavez's political movement after the socialist leader died Tuesday at age 58 following a nearly two-year bout with cancer. Maduro now faces the daunting task of rallying support in a deeply divided country while maintaining unity within his party's ranks.
Maduro decidedly lacks the vibrant personality that made Chavez a one-man political phenomenon in Venezuela, but he has the advantage of being Chavez's hand-picked successor.
The mustachioed 50-year-old former bus driver won Chavez's trust as a loyal spokesman who echoed the president's stances. How Maduro will lead in Chavez's absence remains to be seen, although he's widely known as both a skilled negotiator and a leader who views upholding his mentor's legacy as his personal crusade and responsibility."

http://news.yahoo.com/chavezs-successor-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-223013284.html

[madokie]

1. It's a sad day for the people of Venezuela

Hugo was a good man for them

[sabbat hunter]

2. depends who in venezuela you ask

Not the thousands murdered as crime went out of control under Chavez.

[madokie]

3. No it depends on who you believe in our press

Crime didn't go out of control under Chavez best I remember. Oh sure there were those who had ulterior motives reporting shit like that from our shores but you have to take in consideration who they worked for. The powers to be didn't like Socialist Hugo because he took their oil from them. Actually it was the peoples oil that was being taken from them by the big international corporations not the other way around as you'd likely here in our press or in the English press.

[Chathamization]

6. Crime has gotten out of control

Caracas is a mess. I'm not sure how much responsibility Chavez bears for that, since people tend to overestimate the importance of a president (even one with the impact that Chavez has had), but Venezuela's history over the past 15 years hasn't been a simple success story.

[TBF]

7. Exactly - the very wealthy did not like him

nor did anyone else who wanted control of Venezuela's oil. He was a friend to the average folks of the country and managed the oil resources well imo.

[madokie]

9. Yes he did and for that I salute him

[MoonRiver]

10. Agreed!

[dbackjon]

11. Murders per year have gone from 4K to 22K under Chavez

Quite a few by his own thugs

[madokie]

12. that is according to what's said in our press

[Mnemosyne]

13. I haven't seen you post a single credible link, hell, any link at all backing up the shit you spew.

[dbackjon]

15. I assume you will trust al-jeezera?

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/02/201322110568876804.html


And check GD.


No shit spewing, just reality for all of you fairy-tale living Chavezites.

[Mnemosyne]

16. He gave Humanitarian Aid to US citizens, when our country would have let them freeze. nt

[dbackjon]

17. He liked throwing his oil money around, yes

He did some good, when it suited his PR purposes.

Doesn't outweigh the bad he did.

[Renew Deal]

4. Maduro is the top banana

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[malaise]

5. That's temporary

Elections have to be called in 30 days

[undeterred]

8. "mustachioed"

[bluedigger]

14. Code for "bandit".