Friday, March 8, 2013

Some 30 presidents attend Chávez's state funeral

Spanish Crown Prince Felipe and the presidents of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos; Ecuador, Rafael Correa; Cuba, Raúl Castro, Brazil, Dilma Rousseff; Haiti, Michel Martelly; Peru, Ollanta Humala; Bolivia, Evo Morales; Uruguay, José Mujica; Chile, Sebastián Piñera; Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto and Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang are already in Caracas,Some 30 heads of state and government from around the world are attending the state funeral of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez on Friday in Caracas, after which Vice-President Nicolás Maduro will be sworn in as acting president of the country at an extraordinary meeting of the National Assembly. Chávez's funeral will begin at 11 am at the Military Academy of Venezuela in Caracas, where his remains have been in state since Wednesday and will stay for additional seven days. Spanish Crown Prince Felipe and the presidents of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos; Ecuador, Rafael Correa; Cuba, Raúl Castro, Brazil, Dilma Rousseff; Haiti, Michel Martelly; Peru, Ollanta Humala; Bolivia, Evo Morales; Uruguay, José Mujica; Chile, Sebastián Piñera; Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto and Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang are already in Caracas Venezuela's government announced on Thursday that Chávez's body would be embalmed for "eternal" display in a glass case.

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