[pmelendez]

I can't tell if you are being ironic or not, but just to remind the people who can take your post seriously, that Chavez and his group commanded two unsuccessful coup d'etat attempts, that is hardly something that a "man of peace" would do.

[gadders]

I am being ironic. He was lionised in the left-wing press in the UK when he died, and was a friend of our ex-London Mayor Ken Livingstone. In reality, he is no better than Castro.

[at-fates-hands]

You can also toss in Michael Moore and Hollywood:

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130308/hollywood...

"Sean Penn sat grim-faced at Hugo Chavez's funeral Friday -- one of a clutch of Hollywood stars who lionized the late Venezuelan leader, in defiance of America's fierce antipathy to his regime.

Following a long tradition of Hollywood liberals, Penn was joined by Oliver Stone, Danny Glover and documentary maker Michael Moore in lauding the charismatic Venezuelan president after his death this week."

[gadders]

This is the Sean Penn that tied his then wife (Madonna) to a chair and beat her. What a prince.

[huherto]

It is definitely sarcasm. (Or irony, probably I don't even know the difference)