A musical about the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez is to play in Belarus.

The Chávez regime, controversial in many places, was popular with the authorities in Minsk, and they have smiled upon the idea of paying tribute to the Venezuelan in song.

The show is planned to have its first bow in Minsk and later to go to Caracas.

Whether it is a success (as with other political bio-tuners such as Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita) or a flop remains to be seen, of course.

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