(EFE).- Former Cuban ruler Raúl Castro arrived in Venezuela this Saturday to participate in the commemoration events for the tenth anniversary of the death of the former president Hugo Chavez (1999-2013).
Castro, who traveled with Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, was received at the Maiquetía international airport, which serves Caracas, by the Minister of Science and Technology, Gabriela Jiménez, according to what was broadcast by the state channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV).
This Saturday, the former presidents of Honduras and Bolivia, Manuel Zelaya and Evo Morales, respectively, also arrived in Venezuela.
This Saturday, the former presidents of Honduras and Bolivia, Manuel Zelaya and Evo Morales, respectively, also arrived in Venezuela.
Zelaya traveled to Venezuela with the Deputy Foreign Minister for Foreign Policy, Gerardo Torres, and Congresswoman Xiomara Zelaya.
Leaders of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) started on Friday, with various activities in different states of the country, the acts to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Hugo Chávez, which will take place on March 5.
A world meeting called “Validity of the Bolivarian Thought of Comandante Chávez in the 21st Century” began in a theater in downtown Caracas, which included Chavista leaders and 147 delegates from more than 55 participating countries, according to the governor of Miranda state. , Hector Rodriguez.
Meanwhile, the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, also traveled to Venezuela this Saturday to participate in the commemoration acts for the 10th anniversary of the death of Hugo Chávez, along with some union leaders close to his government.
In a couple of messages on Twitter, the president mentioned that his trip is taking place “at the invitation of President Nicolás Maduro’s brother, for the World Meeting for the Validity of the Bolivarian Thought of Commander Hugo Chávez in the 21st Century.”
A world meeting called “Validity of the Bolivarian Thought of Commander Chávez in the 21st Century” began in a theater in downtown Caracas.
maple too published a photograph with the vice president of the country, David Choquehuancato whom he handed over the “baton of command”, since he will assume office as president until the return of the president.
The transition of command took place at the air terminal of the Presidential Air Group, next to the El Alto International Airport, a neighboring city of La Paz.
Likewise, the Bolivian president indicated that he is traveling in the company of the leaders of the Bolivian Workers Central (COB) and the Intercultural Communities to the acts that he defined as “the 10 years of the passage to immortality of Commander Chávez.”
Arce undertook the visit after participating this day in the inauguration of the 2023 National Wine Fair that is held in the department of Chuquisaca, in the southeast of the country.
Hugo Chávez died on March 5, 2013 at the age of 58, a victim of cancer.
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