The New York Times is reporting that Hugo Chavez, the left wing dictator of Venezuela, is dead. Chavez, with almost unlimited oil money, has managed, by his left wing policies, to drive the economy of a once prosperous Venezuela into the ground. In addition to being Castro’s sugar daddy, he subsidized the lives of the poor by making food and gasoline dirt cheap, all in return for their votes. Hugo Chavez is gone, but his spirit will long live on in Venezuela. Death brings with it sainthood, possibly godhood, to the man who looked after the poor, and the poorest of the poor will sing the song of Chavez the Provider, and look out to sea, determined to be there when he returns in triumph, shining like the sun on the mountaintops.

Gone away are the nights so gay

And the sun shines dully on the mountaintop

Our hero gone and the bitter dawn

Means the low gas prices they are gonna stop

Yes it’s sad to say that he’s gone away

And he won’t be back for many a day

Our hearts are torn but he will be reborn

And when we reach Caracas we’ll get our pay

We’ll be fine and the sun will shine

On the oil rigs rusting in the distant haze

Our cupboard’s bare but we never care

For Chavez is here and so are happy days

Yes it’s sad to say he’s gone away

And he won’t be back for many a day

Our hearts are torn but he will be reborn

And when we reach Caracas we’ll be okay