http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/24/us-venezuela-chavez-bolivar-idUSBRE86N1F120120724
On the 229th anniversary of liberator Simon Bolivar's birth...President Hugo Chavez unveiled the 3D image of his hero...based on scans of Bolivar's skull...after he was removed from his burial place.
Chavez had Bolivar's body exhumed 2 years ago...to explore whether he was murdered with poison.
In a new controversy...a local genealogist claims that Chavez's young presidential opponent...Henrique Capriles Radonski...is related to Bolivar.
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