Posted on 06/03/2002 4:37:16 PM PDT by Pokey78
FED UP with a succession of palace coups, the wife of President Chávez of Venezuela says that she wants a divorce. “I can’t carry on subjecting the children to the stress of living in a place from where we’ve had to run away three times, practically with our possessions tied into a bundle and hanging from a stick,” she said. “That’s no life for anyone.” Señora Chávez was forced to flee the Miraflores Palace in Caracas during an attempted coup in April. Though her husband returned to power after just 72 hours, it appears that their marriage cannot be restored. In an interview with a leading opposition newspaper, Marisabel Chávez, a 37-year-old former beauty queen, blamed the split on the country’s topsy-turvy politics and on her husband’s abrasive personality. The couple were married shortly before Señor Chávez, 47, won a landslide election victory in 1998. They have a four-year-old daughter and both have children from previous marriages. In the interview Señora Chávez said that their married life had deteriorated after her husband’s election. “Many things changed, our surroundings, our friends,” she said. Her statements reflected a widespread sentiment of concern across the country over Señor Chávez’s highly divisive politics. Since taking power, he has launched what he calls a social revolution to close the gap between Venezuela’s wealthy elite and the poor majority. Many critics say his left-wing policies have caused deeper economic problems and social resentments that could explode in violence. Señora Chávez appeared to distance herself from her husband’s policies, suggesting that he had been seduced by power and the idolatry of his supporters. “I don’t want to be a martyr of the revolution or to be used as a political object by the opposition,” she said.
AWWWW. Marisabel, my belle, those are words that go together well, Marisabel.
All kidding aside, life's a b!tch being the wife of a communist dictator masquerading as a working man's populist. I mean, ya can't get good help, the cleaining people want $15 an hour, the driver would just as soon drop you at the prison, the generals either want to shoot you or worship you. Ah, what's a former beauty queen to do.
PICTURES???
Who's got'em?
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