Unlikely embalming of Chavez’ body

The body of former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez will most likely not be preserved and displayed like Lenin, Ho Chi Minh or Mao Tse Tung. Acting president Nicolas Maduro said that according to Russian experts, it would no longer be possible to preserve Chavez’ body because it had not been properly prepared in time. It was during a speech that Maduro, who is running for president in the April 14 elections, said that Russian and German scientists had arrived to embalm Chavez but that it would be very difficult because the process should have started immediately after he died on March 5. He also said that any attempt to preserve the former president’s body would be too complicated. The official mourning period has been extended to Friday, March 15.


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