The Terminal Cancer of Hugo Chavez makes me think of this book : "The General in His Labyrinth" Written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - This is a metaphor of how much can be won and lost in life - Aflame with memories of power, glory and impossible dreams

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A philosopher said "The body is the main enemy of the old man" - Is our destiny to become bitter and frustrated with memories of Impossible Dreams ??

Chavez has always impressed me as vulgar, uneducated, uncultured, rude, harsh and rough, the saddest image of Latin America.

Bolivar was more worldly with a youth spent in Spain, France and Britain. He also journeyed in the United States and Jamaica. He was more charming, polite, courteous, gracious, cultured, with distinguished manners of an aristocrat, and more amazing and surprising than Chavez in every respect.

Chavez has always been predictable in his vulgarity and grossness !

Chavez is a caricature of Bolivar. It has been said that Bolivar was a great warrior, one that defies belief, but perhaps and unfortunately a poor statesman.

The book of Garcia Marquez is infinitely sad and makes us think of our own lives, sometimes spent in impossible dreams :

"The General in His Labyrinth" book of Garcia Marquez :

General Simon Bolivar, “the Liberator” of five South American countries, takes a last melancholy journey down the Magdalena River, revisiting cities along its shores, and reliving the triumphs, passions, and betrayals of his life. Infinitely charming, prodigiously successful in love, war and politics, he still dances with such enthusiasm and skill that his witnesses cannot believe he is ill.

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