Bocaranda's freakin' me out now...
Over the last couple of years, Caracas gossip-monger Nelson Bocaranda has made up (partly) for his long and inglorious record of getting sensitive stories wrong by, miraculously, seeming to have the kind of inside-line on Chávez’s condition that even high ranking chavistas could only dream of. Which is why his tweet-stream tonight makes me think we’re seeing more than the usual flash-in-the-pan rumor outbreak:
Las próximas horas serán clave. Presidente Raúl Castro alertó a sus ministros y conversó con presidentes amigos al igual que el VP Maduro.
El Presidente Chávez esta bajó sedación intensa. Sus familiares y VP Maduro EN VIGILIA PERMANENTE ante lo delicado de su gravedad.
Por acelerado deterioro del Presidente es que el VP Maduro se dirigió al país para “preparar a los venezolanos ante situación irreversible”
RUNRUN:Me informan desde Cuba que la situación de la salud del Presidente Chávez se agrava con el paso de las horas. Solo familia a su lado.
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