CARACAS, Nov 1: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said an image of his political idol and predecessor, the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, had appeared miraculously in the wall of an underground construction site.
In the latest of a series of accusations since taking office in April, Maduro also accused US-based social network Twitter of colluding with his foes in a “massive attack” on his and other prominent government members’ accounts.
Since his death from cancer earlier this year, Chavez has taken on mythical proportions for supporters, and Maduro has spoken of seeing his former mentor’s spirit several times, including in the shape of a bird.
In the latest incident, Maduro said Chavez’s face briefly appeared to workers building a subway line in Caracas in the middle of the night.
“My hair stands on end just telling you about it,” Maduro said on state TV late on Wednesday, showing a photo of a white-plaster wall with marks that appear like eyes and a nose.
“Who is that face? That gaze is the gaze of the fatherland that is everywhere around us, including in inexplicable phenomena,” added Maduro, who won an April election to replace Chavez after his 14-year presidency.
(AGENCIES)
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