The best way to summarize it is that I was in class when the Dean of my school came running in saying we (all the white students) had to go home for our safety. Earlier this day on the national Venezuelan news had been reports of two U.S. ambassadors being expelled from the country for trying to stage a military revolt.
So the death of Chavez was already bad enough, but following what the American ambassadors did just directly connected us with everything. Also many officials such as the vice president, who became interim president, Maduro tried to blame America for Chavez having cancer and for his death. On our way home we saw people crying and people rejoicing. That night there were many supporters that rushed to the center of the city to mourn and the capital was full of supporters. We had a week of mourning where all schools, bars, and liquor stores were closed. Unfortunately, the dry law has continued and liquor stores/bars still are closed.
Chavez died Tuesday March 5th 2013 and lived to be 58 years old. He actually did do some great things with the country but tended to control the country with an iron grip in his most recent years in power.
Here are some links:
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/11/us/venezuela-diplomats-expelled/index.html
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/03/12/chavezs-death-leaves-venezuelans-with-hard-choices/
http://rt.com/news/chavez-cancer-conspiracy-probe-164/
http://www.wnd.com/2013/03/iran-blames-chavez-death-on-cia/
And now for some pictures during the mourning of Chavez in the centro, our stay at a cabin in the mountains and my home-stay.
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| My bed in the room I share |
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| Memorial set up in the centro for Chavez |
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| Our Closets |
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| Chavistas downtown mourning the death of Chavez |
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| Memorials for Chavez |
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| Notice all the red, chavistas |
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| A big Chavez memorial banner |
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| Letters upon letters written to Chavez taped to church |
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| Buying Beats on the street |
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| Street Food |
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| A big viaduct I walked down |
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| Playground in the mountains |
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| View of cabins at a resort we stayed at in the mountains |
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| Living the life as usual |
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| One of our cabins |
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| Puppies being sold on the street |
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| Hitting the jackpot at Mercado Principal |
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