I thought for sure this was satire…
Chavez Promises to Sing at Sean Penn’s Haiti Benefit Concert

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has promised to sing at a benefit concert for Haiti being organized by Hollywood actor Sean Penn.

“We were talking about the idea of a great concert and he wants me to sing in that concert,” Chavez said last night alongside Penn outside the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas in comments broadcast on state television. “What do you think? I said yes.”

It seems real. Here’s the photo op

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