Thousands attend Chavez funeral

by admin
Mar 7, 2013

Thousands of mourners joined leaders from around the world to pay their respects to the late Venezuelan leader, Hugo Chavez, during his state funeral that took place on Friday in Caracas.

More than 30 world leaders were in attendance, including from all Latin American states, Raul Castro from Cuba, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus. Syria's Bashar al-Assad sent a written message, whilst Russia and China sent senior envoys. The US was represented by Congressman Gregory Meeks and former Congressman William Delahunt.

The vice president will be sworn in shortly as acting president. The government has pledged to hold elections within 30 days, abiding by the country's constitution.

 

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