Hugo Chavez 's embalmed body is to be placed on display in a glass casket . This follows in a tradition that includes Lenin , Kim Il Sung and North Korea 's Mao Zedong . Mao Zedong historian : ` was that this should be seen as a demonstration of superior Soviet science , she said . ` It 's like being in a wax museum -- the magic has long since gone '' ` 'Embalming Surgeons ' says a North Korea 's embalmer of his trade .
Hugo Chavez 's embalmed body is to be placed on display in a glass casket . This follows in a tradition that includes Lenin , Kim Il Sung and North Korea 's Mao Zedong . Mao Zedong historian : `` It 's like being in a wax museum -- the magic has long since gone '' ` 'Embalming Surgeons ' says a North Korea 's embalmer of his trade .