Cuba pays tribute to Hugo Chavez
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Seven years after the death of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, intellectuals, diplomats, historians, students, and activists from Venezuela and Cuba remembered in Havana the revolutionary legacy of the comandante.
Several of Chavez's revolutionary, liberating and profound ideas, inherited by the progressive movements in Latin America, as well as his relationship with the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, were mentioned in the conversation held at the Casa del Alba Cultural in Havana as part of the tribute to the renowned Venezuelan, reported Telesur.
Among the activities organized for the anniversary of the Bolivarian leader's departure, writer Germán Sánchez presented the second volume of his biographical work on Commandante Chavez.
Sanchez, who was the Cuban ambassador to Venezuela, quoted some parts of his work on the life and work of Chavez, which has an introduction by the current Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro. Sanchez announced the production of a third volume to be published by the end of this year.
The Venezuelan Ambassador to Cuba, Adam Chavez Frias, recalled the admiration his brother Hugo Chavez had for leader Fidel Castro, the influence Cuba had on the revolution undertaken by the Barinese in his homeland, as well as some anecdotes between the two dignitaries.
Comandante Hugo Chavez Frias died in Caracas on March 5th, 2013. / RHC