Cancer treatment has bloated and debilitated the comandante.
In the ruling party, political survival no longer demands unquestioning loyalty to the comandante.
At times, the Comandante Presidente has seemed downright contemptuous of the concerns of everyday Venezuelans.
The revolution began in 23 de Enero long before the comandante came to power.
'Our friend saw the Comandante, up and healed, as if anticipating new victories,' Granma reported.
"The Comandante wants me to go vote so he can keep [expletive] my life".
The Comandante wants me to applaud after he's spoken his delirious [expletive].
Frank López, a retired teacher, speaks fondly of that early era under the comandante.
It seemed that the comandante had listened to Delacruz's message and had deduced who his assailants were.
The comandante did however gift his successor control of all state institutions, including the judiciary and armed forces.
In a shout, he sings: "The Comandante wants me to work and he pays me a miserable salary.
