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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.»

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.»

Venezuelan President Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias passed away this March 5th in Venezuela, at the age of 59, after a long battle against cancer. Vice President Nicolás Maduro called “to pray and accept the difficult moment” when talking on the television to inform the world about the fatal event. He also asked for a special deployment of the army in »

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the Apoltolic Palace of the Castel Gandolfo, Rome, where he will temporarily stay from today, chosen day to formalize his resignation from the papacy.»

Pope Benedict XVI ends his ministry today as spiritual leader of millions of Catholics around the world, becoming the first pope to resign in the last six centuries.»