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VENEZUELA INAUGURATES SIMON BOLIVAR MAUSOLEUM

CARACAS: Venezuela has inaugurated a mausoleum that will hold the remains of the South American liberator Simon Bolivar, an imposing structure whose brainchild was the late Hugo Chavez. The sprawling mausolem is 50 meters tall and shaped like the sail of a boat, with an open space holding a wooden coffin on a simple granite stand. The coffin bears the initials SB between two golden leaves of laurel. Chavez, who idolized Bolivar, came up with the idea of building the mausoleum in 2010.