Millions turned out in Caracas for the final farewell to Hugo Chavez
Saturday, March 16th 2013 - 07:41 UTC
Millions turned out in Caracas for the final farewell to Hugo Chavez
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas on Friday to bid a final farewell to late president Hugo Chavez a month before elections to pick his successor.
Friends and family of the man who ruled the oil-rich country for 14 years joined high-ranking government and army officials at a mass in his honor, sending the populist remains on a last journey through the capital.
“He became an exemplary president, the only one who remembered the poor,” said Diosdado Cabello, president of the National Assembly, at the military academy where Chavez's casket has been on display for the past nine days.
“Those who scoff and say we no longer have Chavez, you are wrong,” he added defiantly. “We must comply with the Comandante's orders: unity, struggle, battle, victory.”
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