WATCH: Hugo Chavez Dances To Rodbexa Poleo Vidoza's Rap On Venezuelan Television

Still recovering from cancer treatments, Chavez appeared on Venezuelan television over the weekend, dancing to the lyrical arrangements of Rodbexa Poleo Vidoza. Vidoza is described as an "urban music singer" at the bottom of the screen, but she sounds like a rapper to us.

Vidoza rapped about Venezuela's greatness while Chavez made a wide array of supporting gestures at her side. Gearing up for his October 7th election, almost exactly a year away, Chavez showed that he was in good health and good spirits. His most original moves were probably the arm-wind-up-with-pointed-finger, the alternated-fist-pumps-between-left-and-right-arms, or the repeated-forehead-pat when Vidoza says the word 'ideology' in Spanish.

Chavez also demonstrated great enthusiasm for a break-dancing youth by cheering him on with equally inventive motioning (starts at about 1:00).

With any luck, these moves will see their way to the floors of Venezuelan night clubs in no time.

Comments

[Coromoto Rodriguez]

09:22 PM on 10/13/2011

Dear GravitonX, I didn’t see before that you are a Huffpost Community Moderator, that is why my previous comments were no posted. I am removing this Chavez-Rodbexa from my bookmark which I kept to maintain the conversation for a while, thanks for that feedback. It is great to be able to express ourselves without censorship.

[Coromoto Rodriguez]

11:30 AM on 10/13/2011

It is easy to be a supporter of some other country’s president and live away from that country. This is just an idealistic BS. Those foreigners that keep sayings how good is Chavez for Venezuela, won’t live over there of course, they won’t give up their houses, cars, amenities to take a plane and live in Venezuela.
I know some famous people, like some US actors, have gone there to visit and support Chavez, but they will go back to USA to their houses, comforts, bank accounts, cars…how easy, isn’t it? That is a big hypocrisy.
Some don’t have the moral, many don’t know nothing about Vzla., you haven’t live there, and also don’t want to know about the increasing crime, extortion, kidnapping, expropriation, horror that Venezuela is facing right now, and this doesn’t have anything to do with drugs like in some others places. Every single citizen has been victim of a crime, I swear it! My friends, my family, and the most affected are the poor people, in the barrios (ghettos), and the morgue can’t handle more dead bodies! And the hospital are a chaos, and all the money instead of being invested in the country by this so called savior revolutionary president, is money used to support other countries, they won the lottery with Chavez. Perhaps I can teach some one something

[GravitonX]

04:40 PM on 10/12/2011

Hugo Chavez might be a ham, and I think Juan Carlos was right in telling him to be quiet, but I generally like the guy and think he's been the best thing to happen to the Venezuelan people for a very long time.

As a Spaniard, I completely understand the transition the Venezuelan people are going through. It's natural that after such trauma with once Spain and now the United States to immerse in one's culture. I don't usually listen to rap, but the girl was obviously very talented. You don't have to speak castellano or español if you don't want to.

Blessings and Best wishes to Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan people.

[Coromoto Rodriguez]

10:02 PM on 10/12/2011

GravitonX What trauma with Spain are you talking about? Spain is the Mother Land! We brought from Spain the food, the language,we have the DNA!, the musical instruments, the books, the education, cows, horses, pork, chickens, plants etc... Hmmm are you really Spanish (or Spaniard......)? really..? reading US post? b/c USA is not their (Spaniards) cup of tea, but, you are right about the "immersion of United States " that is why this Hip Hop movement on the ghettos,...so there you go, Venezuelans have an American made thing.

[GravitonX]

07:30 AM on 10/13/2011

YAYAYA! Spain is not your "mother land." You are Venezuelan. I laugh at people like you all the time...You are just a tragic person who is ashamed and need to claim some remote connection to a land you have never seen in a hundred years to prove your worth to your fellow countrymen. Yes, I'm Spaniard (father from Castile-León but is American, mother from Asturias lives in Madrid)....and of course, Spanish. And, since I live here in America, of course, I read American news. In fact, EVERY Spaniard I know here pays very close attention to American politics...it's in the blood. Also, all of us are either Democrat or left of Democrat, like myself. Stick around, maybe I teach you something...Coromoto.

[boscobear]

04:37 PM on 10/12/2011

Why is this guy still alive and in office?

[ihsxps]

05:11 PM on 10/12/2011

Deus vult.

[Unca Allen]

12:19 PM on 10/11/2011

Watch: Hugo Chavez is a figment of his own imagination.

[tshnh]

12:11 PM on 10/11/2011

if you look closely you can see Sean Penn cheering him on along with Samuel Jackson and Morgan Freeman, Go Baby.

[Coromoto Rodriguez]

11:59 AM on 10/11/2011

To "gjorgejimens", (part II) Later in Venezuela, there was a big wave of immigrants after the second world II, Germans, Russians, Italians, Polish, (Jewish among then), also, we have a huge Portuguese community mainly from Aveiro and the Madeira Islands, plus Syrians, Lebanese, Chinese etc…also people originally from Southern India that came trough Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana (British Colonies), all of them, who came to this land of opportunities and established families, married with the locals, and contributed with the development of the country. Qualified people came, the shoe industry and bakeries is basically European, not to mention Armenians and Arabic that in the textile industry. Hard working people, that worked sun to sun, I am not talking about the old Venezuelan upper class or corrupt politicians, but people from many countries that came here to work hard, had Venezuelan children and now if we have white skin, light color hair and good manners, we are the enemy like some one insulted my dad and told him: go back to Europe. So much hate and division has been created under this government, sad to see how the youth has been manipulated due to this populism nonsense. Excuse my English...

[GravitonX]

09:03 AM on 10/13/2011

I have never met a Venezuelan, even the upper-class exiles I've met, that looks European...maybe to the ntiaves perhaps. So anyone telling you to go back to Europe is laughable. You are heavily mixed people. This is not bad. I thnk it's beautiful. It's just who you are. Be proud of it.

[Coromoto Rodriguez]

11:58 AM on 10/11/2011

To "gjorgejimens", (part I) you are right, not only to the Mexican-Central American Indians BTW don’t forget that they were warrior and did human sacrifices so “peaceful indigenous” makes me wonder…, what I know from Venezuela, is that the Indians and then Africans were not forced to breed!, Whites came alone at the beginning and eventually the formed families with the locals having mixed race babies, not by force necessarily, and they were not put into reservations like natives from North America... and inter-racial marriage was not forbidden by law like happened in USA! Well, not only blue eyes and gold bear came from Spain with Columbus, please know that many Arabic and Jewish (Sephardites) also arrived escaping from the Inquisition, so that’s why many people here has Middle Eastern features. To be continued...

[GravitonX]

09:22 AM on 10/13/2011

Anglo culture is particularly racist. While Spaniards did commit atrocities, we did not enslave our own (mixed) children. That's simply barbaric and horrific.

Also, I'm not sure what gives you the impression that Spaniards are blue-eyed. We are a mixed people as well with other parts of Europe (especially Germany), the Magreb, and Africa. When I was born, I had a very fair complexion and my hair was platinum blonde. I look like a little Aryan. Around 7 years old, my hair started to become more brown, now it's deep dark brown, like a typical Spaniard. A few summers I spent in Cadiz working in the shipyards, I tanned so much I literally could be Black, though for some reason now I sunburn easily. In any case, I think many South Americans, especially those who were raised in it's unfortunate caste systems, which by the way does not exist in Spain, have an impression of Spain and Spaniards that is romanticized and simply does not exist.

[rrllort]

11:14 AM on 10/11/2011

I think the radiation and chemo is destroying any brain matter left. (wasn't much to start with)

[mebdonenow]

10:44 AM on 10/11/2011

i thought curly died years ago. maybe moe and larry will reappear.

[tedfio1]

10:36 AM on 10/11/2011

Ya, he is the Godfather of East LA gangs!

[angalmarketing2]

10:35 AM on 10/11/2011

It's called the Obama flop; pun intended.

[melow]

11:13 AM on 10/11/2011

Hey fool,change your name to angermarketing2, such hate.

[banzaimaur]

09:25 AM on 10/11/2011

Hurry stage 4b.

[incink]

09:23 AM on 10/11/2011

It looks like a neighborhood church gathering, and Chavez wanted that song to end but couldn't stop waving his arms because once you start you'll appear to be a dead fish if you stopl

[stacknef]

09:14 AM on 10/11/2011

Im sure he makes Venezuelans sooooooooo proud. What a clown act.

[angalmarketing2]

10:37 AM on 10/11/2011

Almost as bad as the Obama World Comedy Tour continuing unabated day after day after...."alligator in the moat"; "shovel-ready jobs"; "stimulus worked"; "economy improving".

[melow]

11:16 AM on 10/11/2011

Are you educated would be very suprised ,do you wake up hating everyone.

[stacknef]

03:02 PM on 10/11/2011

gee, a typical Obama basher using any topic to spout off, even when the topic isn't remotely connected to Obama.

Get a life.