Hugo Chavez Supporters Shave Heads In Solidarity With Cancer-Stricken Leader
- Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:06pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Supporters of President Hugo Chavez shaved their heads in solidarity with their leader’s struggle against cancer on Sunday as hundreds prayed and sang at a televised event.
Barbers shaved off the hair of several men and at least one woman while the crowd swayed to a religious song. Chavez, bald from chemotherapy, smiled, clapped with the music and waved to the crowd.
Those attending included a group of six from the Dominican Republic who shaved their heads outside the Venezuelan Embassy in their country on Friday. Chavez greeted the Dominicans with hugs, and stood arm-in-arm with them.
Pro-Chavez lawmaker Robert Serra said in a message on Twitter that “Venezuelan young people and priests cut their hair… in solidarity.”
Young men with close-cropped hair stood in the crowd as shouts of “Hallelujah!“ and ”Amen!” rose at the end of a song.
Leidy Jimenez, one of the Dominicans, told state television that their decision to shave their heads was “a gesture of love and of strength for the president.”
Chavez blew a kiss to the crowd, and listened as a priest, a minister and others spoke. “Long live Hugo Chavez!,” one Dominican man told the crowd.
Chavez praised the Christian group from the Dominican Republic in a newspaper column Saturday, saying “may God bless you.” The Dominicans arrived in Venezuela on Saturday night to meet with the president.
Chavez also said in his column that tests show his body has been responding well to chemotherapy. He said he was preparing for a “possible” new round of chemotherapy and that all of his hair has fallen out as a result of the treatment.
Chavez returned from his latest round of chemotherapy in Cuba on Aug. 13. He unveiled his “new look” in early August after the first round of chemotherapy:
He underwent surgery in Cuba in June that removed a cancerous tumor from his pelvic region. He has not specified where the tumor was located. He has said the chemotherapy aims to ensure no malignant cells reappear.
Chavez had been a supporter of Moammar Gadhafi and urged his ally to stand firm against the armed movement aimed at ousting the Libyan leader. On the day of the Libyan rebel uprising in Tripoli that defeated Gadahfi forces, Chavez is yet to comment and some have speculated that if Gadhafi is able to escape the Middle East, he may seek to live in exile in Venezuela.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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Comments (101)
sbenard
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:13pmJust when I think Hugo Chavez couldn’t get any uglier, he DOES! He has a face only a mother could love — IF she’s blind!
Report Post »Shane the Golden
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:38pmIf he is this ugly on the outside, just imagine what the inside looks like!!!
Just saying.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:23pmIf Chavez dies from his cancer, will his supporters jump off a cliff?
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 12:36amall 6 of them.
Report Post »Steve
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 4:11amI shaved my Obama chia pet. I hope that helps.
Report Post »Saveouramerica
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:48amKim Jong Il number 2. Wait till Venezuelaians start looking somalians from starving to death, Another Commy nation bites the dust.
Report Post »bloodrage
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:12pmI hope that SOB dies.
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 7:01amEasy there tiger, I hope we defeat all the sob’s but wishing his death makes us like him. God, I do not want to be anything like that SOB.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 8:03amrodamaa
But what if it is God’s will, eh? Aren‘t you suppose to be praying in God’s will for his plan to unfold…It is God‘s will that each die once and if it is God’s will to take this man now, I sort of like it…
I guess Ima carnal Christian when it comes to dictators like Chavez…oh well flame me if you must.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:08pmWho gives a flying flip about this jerk if there is justice on this earth he will die and hopefully give his people a chance to recover from some of the damage he has caused.Adious amigo and good riddence
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:05pmNow that’s touching…
Report Post »Let’s hope they all die with him and go to hell together.
roadhog
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:02pmTry Freezing his Head.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:10pmWho would want to look at his uglyness i say let the animals play with it
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:01pmTo quote Doctor Evil “There is nothing quite like a shorn scrotum.”
I think that just about sums it all up.
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:54pmThat`s all six of his supporters. Must be his family because the rest of the people in Venezuela are starving to death thanks to this jug head. And for all of you liberals out there that want socialism, take a trip down to Venezuela and spend a week or two. That`s what socialism looks like.
Report Post »ericthebarbaric
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:52pmI was in Colombia a few years ago and a man there told me that the people there know that Chavez is trying to take over South America in the mold of Che Guevara. He is alligned with Jimmy Carter and Barrack Hussein Obama as well. He wishes to sit at or near the head of the New World Order. Aspirations that are or were shared by Bill Clinton, George Bush I&II, and of course Barrack Hussein Obama himself. Who can we trust to thwart this direction?
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:01pmSarah Palin
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:17pmYou haven’t heard? Emperor Obama has requested ANOTHER name change. Now, he want to be called CAESAR!
Report Post »Steve
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 4:08amWho can we trust to thwart this direction?
The one who is being chastised and ridiculed the most by the MSM. That’s the one.
Report Post »FreedomWitness
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:36pmHey Hugo can you smell the sulphur? EL DIABLO es AQUI!
Report Post »FreedomWitness
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:34pmHey Hugo can you smell the sulphur? EL DIABLO IS GETTING CLOSER!
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:44pmAy Carumba….
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 8:03amhahaha that’s funny!
Report Post »FreedomWitness
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:29pmThis reminds me of an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm where someone spray painted something very vulgar on Larry’s garage door. It fits perfectly here. The first word was ‘bald’ and the second word ended in ‘hole.’ Maybe Steven Speilberg will shave his head in sympathy. Oops sorry wrong murderous dictator, Speilberg love Castro. Lo siento.
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:28pmI will shave my head when Hugo Chavez and Barac Obama are not in power anymore.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:35pm@ on ~~~ Count me in, too!
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:03pmME three!
Report Post »Raven249
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:56pmI keep my hair cut way short already, and it ain’t for Señor Loco, either. Let ‘em, rot, I say.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:22pmhugochavez has NO supporters.
This is just like Cubans who HAD to show up like they cared about castro, or he rubuked their ration cards and they could not eat. Hellloooo, people.
There are NO supporters for these slimy b******s! NONE….. Well, satan is, but he doesn’t count!
Report Post »chazman
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:18pmHe has supporters, GRANDMA! It‘s called ’under BUT nut hut’s!‘ You’ll find the likes of Sean ‘The Twerp’ Penn there, as well as Johnny ‘Dipp’ and Danny ‘The DAN’ Glover. There are numerous other Hollyweird actors, and other progressive Liberal Marxsit’s that we, as AMERICAN PATRIOT’S, will stomp into the dustbin of communist history! Look forward, never backward …
Report Post »NEMATIC
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:20pmSean Penn should show his support and capitulate!!!
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:32pmI agree Sean Penn should shave his scrotum.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:20pmWTF is this?
Report Post »afellowpatriot
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:19pmWill BHO be next? ;)
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:23pm@AFELLOWPATRIOT ~~~ better moochie!
Report Post »ares338
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:19pmI’ll shave my back in solidarity.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:18pmI’m wondering when Sean Penn and the other all-star cast of Chavez admirers including Danny Glover and Kevin Spacey, Harry Belafonte, Naomi Campbell, Oliver Stone, Cindy Sheehan, and Princeton University Professor Cornel West will shave their pin-heads.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:18pmDie, Hugo. Suffer and die, very, very slowly.
Report Post »FreedomWitness
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:31pmWell said!
Report Post »Cheetosareus
Posted on August 22, 2011 at 1:41amIf the Dominicans think so highly of Chavez then why arent’ they spreading the wealth with the Hatians in true Communist brotherhood.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:15pmSean Penn shave your head your friend is dying,hopefully a real slow death he’s a socialist and needs to go to he!!
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:14pmGreat, now I’ll have wear a sign that says, “I’m not a Chevez supporter, I’m a real cancer patient.”
Report Post »NEMATIC
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:30pmGod Bless you.
Report Post »FreedomWitness
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:32pmPrayers for you Lori ann
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:33pm@LORIANN12 ~~~ LOL! Good for you!!!
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:12pmFreedomwitness and others, thanks. I’m in remission and just waiting for my hair to grow back.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:14pmNow he looks like Shiela Jackson Lee.
Report Post »REVerse
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:44pmRofl!
Report Post »TalonsPoint
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:12pmLive in Venezuela and you better shave you *** in support as well.
Report Post »Johnny916
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:10pmThe next cool fad for socialist.
Report Post »michael48
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:08pmcool-er…..next…
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