CARACAS (Reuters) - Slum dweller Juan Carlos Villamizar bid farewell to Hugo Chavez on Friday, crediting the late Venezuelan leader with saving his life in the same poor district where Chavez saw the birth of his own political rise.
A devoted servant of the socialist cadres in the "23 de enero" hillside community where Chavez launched a coup attempt in 1992, Villamizar credits an 11th hour intervention by the president's office for putting him on a plane to Cuba for delicate surgery to fix a broken neck.
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