"Honor and glory to Lina Ron" (Venezuela)

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RIP Lina


RADICAL VENEZUELAN PRO-CHAVEZ LEADER LINA RON DIES

– Sat Mar 5, 2:12 pm ET
CARACAS, Venezuela – Lina Ron, a vocal supporter of President Hugo Chavez who led radical street groups, died of a heart attack Saturday, a Venezuelan government official said. She was 51.

Information Minister Andres Izarra confirmed her death, saying she had no vital signs when she arrived at a hospital in the capital, Caracas. "Honor and glory to Lina Ron," Izarra said on Twitter.

Ron led groups of Chavez supporters that were involved in attacks on opposition protests, and she repeatedly said she would take up arms if necessary to defend Chavez and his socialist movement.

With platinum-blond hair and a tough-talking nature, Ron soon became a household name in Venezuela within the first few years after Chavez took office in 1999. She founded the small political party Venezuelan Popular Union and was for years a prominent voice in the radical wing of Chavez's movement.

Chavez once said Ron was "a good woman, but she tends toward anarchy."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110305/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/l...