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Republic of Venezuela President Commandant Hugo Faris Chavez as a revolutionary icon who dedicated his life to the national interests of Venezuela and defending them from imperialism and capitalist forces.The Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces yesterday sent his condolences to Venezuela Interim President Nicolas Maduro.
“It was with a sense of profound sorrow that we learnt of the demise of His Excellency, Mr Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias on March 5 2013. On behalf of the Government and people of Zimbabwe, and on my behalf, I wish to convey to you, Your Excellency, and through you to the Government and people of
Venezuela, our heartfelt condolences and sympathy on the passing on of a revolutionary icon, who dedicated his life serving the national interests of Venezuela and defending them against imperialism and capitalist forces,” he said.
President Mugabe said Cde Chavez would forever be remembered for his efforts in creating an alternative world order in which countries of the South become masters of their own destiny.
He said Cde Chavez’s brave and revolutionary stance and speeches would be sadly missed at the United Nations Organisations and other fora such as the Africa-South America Summit.
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“Your Excellency, in this period of mourning and bereavement, may you take comfort in the fact that our thoughts and prayers are with the Chavez family, the Government and the people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
“May his soul rest in peace. Please accept Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration,” President Mugabe said.
Cde Chavez, who was one of Latin America’s most charismatic and influential leaders, died last Tuesday after a long battle with cancer.
The 58-year-old had undergone four operations in Cuba for a cancer that was first detected in his pelvic region in mid-2011. His last surgery was on December 11 and he had not been seen in public since.
Latin American leaders and US pumped their fists in support of a crowd of cheering Hugo Chavez loyalists as they arrived on Monday for the leftist leader’s state funeral before the nation swore in an acting president, Vice President Nicolas Maduro who would call for elections, which are expected to be convened within 30 days.
Venezuela has given a lavish farewell to the leftist firebrand, with hundreds of thousands of people filing past his open casket non-stop since last Wednesday to say goodbye to the man who was worshipped by the oil-rich nation’s poor.
His body would lie in state for seven more days and officials said his body would be embalmed and preserved “like Lenin” to rest in a glass casket in the military barracks where he plotted a failed coup in 1992.
Chavez easily won a new six-year term at an election in October and his death devastated millions of supporters who adored his charismatic style, anti-US rhetoric and oil-financed policies that brought subsidised food and free health clinics to long-neglected slums.
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