Saturday, 31 July 2010




On July 16, shortly after midnight, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reached back in time. He presided at the exhumation of the remains of Simon Bolivar — Latin America's greatest independence hero, who helped liberate the region from Spain in the 19th century, and the object of Chavez's personal and political obsession. The skeleton was pulled apart. Pieces were removed, such as teeth and bone fragments, for "testing". The rest was put in a new coffin with the Chavez...
Full Story: Gulf News



 

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