Our very own Rock Mamola is reporting this on Facebook...linked a story from CNN Chile...I don't speak Spanish, so I don't have the slightest idea what it says other than he's dead.

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What does Oney think?

Ozzie a la Presidencia!

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Wow, Castro outlasted Chavez. I guess it doesn't pay to be a fat ass.

Don't Believe the Report About Hugo Chavez's Death Just Yet

Reuters Share Print article Share on emailEmail article Comment Adam Clark Estes 8:50 PM ET On Wednesday night, one of the more obscure outposts of the CNN empire reported that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez had died, citing a pretty sketchy Panamanian source named Guillermo Cochez. CNN Chile reported quite bluntly: "Hugo Chávez is dead." The news itself, if true, is not unbelievable. The once bombastic politician has been struggling with cancer for sometime now and has largely been out of the public eye for months. Chávez couldn't even make it to his own inauguration. Less than a week ago the Venezuelan government broke the bad news that Chávez was not improving. The 58-year-old has been having breathing problems after returning from Cuba, where he's been receiving medial treatment there, for the third time. Chavez is really sick, and everybody knows it.

But Guillermo Cochez is also arguably a conspiracy theorist. Earlier on Wednesday, Cochez — and only Chochez — reported that Chávez had been brain dead since December 30. Cochez said that Chávez was being kept on life support and later, citing sources within the Venezuelan government, added that his daughters had finally decided to pull the plug. Assuming the best for President Chávez's health, it sort of sounds like Cochez is just trolling the Venezuelans. "I challenge the Venezuelan government to prove me wrong, and to present President Chávez so that it's known whether what I say is the truth or a lie," Cochez told CNN Chile. (Forgive the choppy Spanish translation; it's been a while since college.) So do we believe the guy who's daring the Venezuelan government to prove him wrong?

This photo apparently showing Chávez reading a newspaper from February 13 would suggest otherwise. There's the Bolivarian leader lying in bed smiling with his two daughters at his side. Of course, it's not that hard to Photoshop a new newspaper onto an old photo of Chávez, and the Venezuelan government is not entirely unexperienced with propaganda. But again, that leads us into conspiracy theory territory. Furthermore, this is hardly the first time a rumor about Chávez's death has made its way around the web.

For now, the safest thing to assume is that Chávez is just really sick. It is, of course, possible that he's passed away, and the government is keeping it a secret, as Cochez suggests. It's also possible that Cochez is full of it. We'll take it as a serious clue that — as of this writing — none of the other CNN outlets around the world had picked up the story. Like this blogger, they're probably waiting for a second source to confirm the rumor.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2 ... yet/62606/

CNN may have gotten a story wrong?

I'm SHOCKED!

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I didn't know he could; if he can, that's the bigger story.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Joe Cowley and Big Fan are reporting Kenny Williams is involved in the death of Chavez.

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The first fight with Hector "Macho" Camacho was the first and last PPV event I've ever shelled out money for. In hindsight, it was well worth it.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Poor Sean Penn.

Has anyone ever noticed that Hugo Chavez looked like an old plump retired Miguel Cabrera?

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