Post date: Mar 09, 2013 1:0:6 AM
Mourners gathered to pay their respects to the late President Hugo Chavez on Friday. Chavez died on Tuesday after losing a two-year battle with cancer. Chavez was 52.
Acting President, Nicolas Maduro, announced that Chavez will be embalmed and displayed at a military museum for “eternity”. Details on the embalming process have not yet been released, but his body will most likely go through the traditional embalming process; sterilization, flushing the body with preservative solutions and regular maintenence.SOURCES: BBC, Reuters
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16283257
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/08/us-venezuela-chavez-idUSBRE92405420130308