Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee, was elected president of the People’s Republic of China and chairman of the People’s Republic of China’s Central Military Commission on Thursday.»

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) thanked acting President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro today for his gesture reiterating Caracas support for the peace process in Colombia.»

The Catholic Church elected today as new Pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Francis I, Archbishop of Buenos Aires and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.»

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elías Jaua will attend here today a special session of the UN General Assembly and an ecumenical service in memory of late President Hugo Chavez.»

Venezuelan Executive Vice President Nicolas Maduro was officially sworn in on Friday as the country’s acting president, following the death of President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday.»

The deep sorrow for the death of President Hugo Chavez has shaken Venezuela and the whole world throughout the week.»

The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, who died last Tuesday, March 5, received today the tribute of family, world leaders and members of the cabinet, in solemn ceremony held at the Military.»

Some thirty world leaders gathered in Caracas to join throngs of mourners at a state funeral for Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez on Friday.»

Past 5 o’clock in the morning on Thursday, the Venezuelan people remained in queues and gathered in the surroundings of the Military Academy, in Caracas, to say goodbye to the president of the Republic, Hugo Chavez.»

Presidents of Bolivia (Evo Morales), Argentina (Cristina Fernandez) and Uruguay (Jose Mujica) arrived here today to attend the funeral of Venzuelan Head of State Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesday afternoon in the Doctor Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital.»