06.03.2013 - 14:37 [ Asia Times ]

El comandante has left the building

By Pepe Escobar

How enlightening to watch world leaders‘ reactions to the death of Venezuela‘s El Comandante Hugo Chavez. Uruguay‘s President Jose Mujica – a man who actually shuns 90% of his salary because he insists he covers his basic necessities with much less – once again reminded everyone how he qualified Chavez as…