Why do I get the feeling that’s probably not going to happen?

Via Guardian:

Hugo Chávez’s foreign allies have paid tribute to the Venezuelan president, who died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer, praising him as a champion of liberation and promising that his influence would live on.

Some even joined Venezuela in announcing mourning periods for the charismatic leader, who divided opinion abroad with his scathing criticism of the US and friendships with countries ostracised by the west.

The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said Chávez would “return on resurrection day”. He said he had “no doubt that Chávez will return to Earth” along with Jesus and Imam Mahdi, the most revered figure among Shia Muslims, to help “establish peace, justice and kindness” in the world. Announcing a day of mourning, Ahmadinejad also said he believed something “suspicious” caused Chávez’s cancer.

In Syria, where civil war has claimed an estimated 70,000 lives over the past two years, there was gratitude for Chávez’s unstinting support in the face of western hostility. The state news agency, Sana, praised Chávez’s “honourable stance towards the conspiracy against Syria as he announced repeatedly his solidarity with the Syrian leadership and people in the face of the heinous imperialistic campaign hatched against it”.