VENEZUELA

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.»

People march in Venezuela accompanied President Hugo Chavez to the Military Academy, named by the socialist leader as “House of Blue Dreams”.»

Venezuelans gathered in all the Bolivar plazas of the country to pay tribute to President Hugo Chavez.»

The clinical evolution of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is positive, said  Communication and Information minister Ernesto Villegas.»

Venezuelan Communications and Information Minister Ernesto Villegas called “false” and “grotesque” a photograph published by Spain’s newspaper El País, which shows a man with tubes lying in a hospital bed. »

The Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, said Wednesday before thousands of people in the capital that he will shortly travel to Havana, Cuba, to visit President of the Republic, Hugo Chávez.»

Venezuelan foreign minister Elias Jaua said on Monday that he met with President Hugo Chavez, who took decisions related to the upcoming Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).»

The Venezuelan people rallied today in front of the Miraflores Palace, seat of the Executive power, to express support for the government of President Hugo Chavez, convened by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).»

With clear majority, Diosdado Cabello was reelected to chair the National Assembly, while Dario Vivas and Blanca Eekhout as first and second vice-presidents respectively.»

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has been facing complications stemming from a severe lung infection, said Communications and Information minister Ernesto Villegas.»