Hugo Chavez Lying in State at Military Academy
As the military pledges support for his successor's electoral campaign
Hugo Chavez has been carried back to the military academy where he started his army career, his flag-draped coffin lying in state in the echoing halls as a mile-long (1.5 kilometer-long) line of mourners came to pay homage Thursday to the larger-than-life leader.
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I wouldn't mind going there to piss on the casket, but I don't like standing in lines.