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| Hugo Chávez by Niv Bavarsky |
The Missing President
By ALBERTO BARRERA TYSZKA and CRISTINA MARCANO
Published: January 22, 2013
ON Jan. 10, while Hugo Chávez lay in a hospital bed in Havana, he was symbolically sworn in as Venezuela’s new president in a ceremony here. The crowd that attended his virtual inauguration was moved to tears by a recording of Mr. Chávez’s singing the national anthem. The country is experiencing the very odd circumstance of being both with and without its leader; he is not here, but his voice endures.
