The latest as of 12 noon:
It was not immediately clear when the presidential vote would be held, or where or when Chavez would be buried following Friday’s pageant-filled funeral.
Drudge’s roundup:
Venezuela's Capriles set for second shot at presidency...
DEATH OF CHAVEZ...
Fears of spiralling violence...
Demise Deepens Divide...
Venezuela Expels American 'Spies'...
Leftist Leader 'Amassed Private Fortune of $2 Billion'...
'Legacy of plunder'...
Quotes...
Oliver Stone, Sean Penn hail 'hero'...
Iran declares day of mourning...
Venezuelans abroad cheer...

On the celebrity beat:
Michael Moore Praises Chavez’s Socialist Revolution – Hollywood Elites Mourn His Death
MEDIA MOURN BRUTAL DICTATOR CHAVEZ
Opinion:
Chavez’s grim legacy
Nation in ruins, region in crisis
Why the Death of Hugo Chavez Matters
Hugo Chávez
The lesson is to beware the rule of charismatic demagogues.
Hugo Chavez was an extremely bad person. Please read this and retweet. commentarymagazine.com/article/hugo-c…
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) March 6, 2013
Analyst estimates Chávez’s family fortune at around $2 billion newsfromvenezuela.tumblr.com/post/867542155…
— Fausta (@Fausta) March 6, 2013
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Hugo Chavez was certainly sincere about social justice, but I don’t think he chose the best road to achieve that goal. Historically, socialism has always been detrimental to the nations it was supposed to help. Also, I don’t understand why Chavez hated America with such intensity. By the way, I noticed that countries whose leaders hate the US are most of the times countries where atrocities are commited on a daily basis…
countries whose leaders hate the US are most of the times countries where atrocities are commited on a daily basis
Yes, which makes me ask, is it animosity for what America stands for?
I’m sure that neither Shanna nor Fausta would say that there may well have been actions by the US govt and by US-owned businesses in the nations south of the US that would have engendered some animosity