Posted on 04/06/2012 5:40:42 AM PDT by crosshairs
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wept and asked God to spare his life during a pre-Easter Mass on Thursday after returning from his latest session of cancer treatment in Cuba.
Very little is known about the 57-year-old socialist leader's condition, including even what type of cancer he has. Chavez has undergone three operations in less than a year, and received two sessions of radiation treatment. He says the latest surgery was successful, that he is recovering well and will be fit to win a new six-year term at an election in October. Yet big questions remain about his future, and on Thursday the strain appeared to show. In a televised speech to the Catholic service in his home state of Barinas, Chavez cried and his voice broke as he eulogised Jesus, revolutionary fighter Ernesto "Che" Guevara and South American independence hero Simon Bolivar.
"Never forget that we are the children of giants ... I could not avoid some tears," the former soldier said, his parents and other relatives looking on from the church rows. "Give me your crown, Jesus. Give me your cross, your thorns so that I may bleed. But give me life, because I have more to do for this country and these people. Do not take me yet," Chavez added, standing below an image of Jesus with the Crucifix.
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Suck it up, Hugo.
We all gotta go sometime.
Your buddies await you.. Che and Simon.. and Fidel.
A “Pre-Easter” Mass ???
The writer should learn the proper terminology for the special mass for Holy Thursday. It is obvious the writer is ignorant of Christianity.
“I think it is sad to rejoice in a mans pain.
Even if he is your enemy.
There. I said it, and will get ripped to shreds for it...”
Ditto what you said. But I don’t think you’ll be ripped to shreads.
Did Castro actually go to Spain, or did the Spanish doctors go to Cuba?
I’ve never seen a clear answer to that.
According to a January 2007 report in London's "Daily Mail" it's both.That report said that he was admitted to a private wing of a Madrid hospital after having flown from Cuba while accompanied by a Spanish surgeon.
I pray that it is so.
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