Today, December 6 of 2013, one day after the passing away of one
of the world’s greatest statesmen, NELSON MANDELA, humanity
celebrates his death and extraordinary legacy.  What Nelson
Mandela left us, as one of the greatest lessons of all times,
was the power of FORGIVENESS and UNITY which he managed to
instate in a divided SOUTH AFRICA.  MADIBA, as the world
lovingly calls him, CREATED the TRUTH and RECONCILIATION
COMMISSION, that helped  to end the DARKNESS and BITTER STRIFE
caused by the APARTHEID ERA.  Few men leave this world with such
an amazing record. Mandela turned the bitterness and anger of
more of a quarter of a century in prison and the violation of
the most basic human rights, against himself and his people,
into love, compassion and dialogue with his enemies and even
with his incarcerators.   HUGO CHAVEZ, who ruled Venezuela with
an iron fist,  was also incarcerated for two years after leading
a failed coup in 1992, against the Venezuelan democratically
elected President, Carlos Andres Perez.