President Hugo Chávez Tuesday left the Guatemalan capital city, following a 24-hour official visit to the Central American country.
 
Chávez headed for Honduras and then is visiting Nicaragua, the Venezuelan official news agency ABN reported.

Chávez was in Guatemala to attend the inauguration of Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom. Further, he held bilateral meetings with Colom and with Panamanian President Martín Torrijo.

Chávez's entourage includes Communication and Information Minister Andrés Izarra, the Minister of the President's Office Jesse Chacón, Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations Francisco Arias Cárdenas, and Colombian opposition senator Piedad Córdoba.