Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans flooded the streets of Caracas on Wednesday in a march with the casket of President Hugo Chávez. The massive procession brought Chávez’s body to a military academy where he will lie in state until a funeral on Friday. Foreign leaders including Bolivian President Evo Morales and Argentine President Cristina Kirchner have begun arriving in Venezuela to pay their respects. The head of Venezuela’s presidential guard told the Associated Press Chávez died of a massive heart attack triggered by his advanced stage of cancer. General José Ornella said Chávez’s last words, mouthed with his lips, were: “I don’t want to die. Please don’t let me die.”
Venezuelans Mourn Chávez; Guard Recounts Last Words
HeadlineMar 07, 2013