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Oliver Stone says Hugo Chavez was infected with cancer

The latest in the series #youcantmakethisshitup comes from Hollywood director Oliver Stone. Early in his latest propaganda film, aptly entitled "Mi Amigo Hugo", Stone says (3.13) "I did not know then that Hugo's end was near, that he'd be infected with a brutal and aggressive cancer in 2011..." It could only go one way from there: freefall. People sometimes asks me to explain chavismo. Well, this is it. I just can't think of a better way of explaining chavismo than by linking to Stone's infomercial, where the highest chavistas provide the world with precious examples of their utter insanity and ignorance. Do watch it, this is one for the ages.