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| Hugo Chavez's body to go on display in Venezuela | Hugo Chavez's body to go on display in Venezuela |
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| The body of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is to be embalmed and put on display after his funeral, Vice-President Nicolas Maduro says. | |
| The decision reflects the huge crowds queuing to pay their respects in Caracas, where he is lying in state. | The decision reflects the huge crowds queuing to pay their respects in Caracas, where he is lying in state. |
| Mr Chavez's body will be moved to a new revolutionary museum after the state funeral on Friday, Mr Maduro said. | |
| Hugo Chavez, who led Venezuela for 14 years, died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. | Hugo Chavez, who led Venezuela for 14 years, died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. |
| More than two million mourners have already filed past his body at the military academy in Caracas, queuing for hours to see him lying in state. | |
| Leaders from Latin America and beyond are gathering in Caracas for his funeral on Friday, and Mr Maduro said the ceremony would go ahead as planned. | |
| His body would be embalmed "like Lenin", the Russian revolutionary leader, and put on display for at least another seven days, Mr Maduro added. | |
| Mr Chavez's supporters want him eventually interred in Venezuela's national Pantheon alongside Simon Bolivar, the 19th Century independence leader the late leader claimed as his "revolutionary" inspiration. | |
| But Venezuela's constitution says people can only be admitted to the Pantheon 25 years after their death. |