Hugo Chavez looks to God as cancer clouds future

By Christopher Toothaker

Associated Press

Published: Friday, May 25 2012 5:00 a.m. MDT

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has spent much of his career praising the socialist ideas of famed atheists such as Karl Marx and Fidel Castro. Now in the thick of a prolonged battle against cancer, however, the leftist leader is drawing inspiration more than ever from a spiritual leader: Jesus Christ.

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TOO

Sanpete, UT

Jonthan Eddy,

Actually, I had a couple companions in my mission from Venezuela and they say Chavez is an evil tyrant. That's pretty good evidence for me. Coming from the very people he controls.

9:15 a.m. May 25, 2012
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CARL

South Salt Lake, UT

Chavez does not beholden the golden rule of Christ. He wanted to be like Robin Hood, robbing the rich to pay the poor.

10:22 a.m. May 25, 2012
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Jonathan Eddy

Payson, UT

I know what some of you are thinking. I know by past reactions to the death of Bin Laden that Chavez' death would be a welcomed change in that part of the world. News reports authored by American journalists and the White House reveal that More..

7:42 a.m. May 25, 2012
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