Venezuelan VP: the incumbent president is back in Venezuela

"Here he is, on this February 18, the president in office, the commander in chief of the Armed Force and supreme chief of the Bolivarian revolution," stated Maduro during a meeting of the Council of Ministers. He added that "Commander Chávez came after midnight to fill the people with love"

Vice-President Nicolás Maduro headed a cabinet of ministers (Photo: Miraflores Press Office)

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Tuesday February 19, 2013 11:33 AM

Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolás Maduro ascertained on Monday that President Hugo Chávez has returned to Venezuela to fill the Venezuelan people with love.

"Here he is, on this February 18, the president in office, the commander in chief of the Armed Force and supreme chief of the Bolivarian revolution," stated Maduro during a meeting of the Council of Ministers. He added that "Commander Chávez came after midnight to fill the people with love."

He claimed that the head of state reckoned that it was "time to go back to the Venezuelan homeland from the dignified and independent Cuban homeland to the dignified, independent, and socialist Venezuelan homeland."

Maduro seized the opportunity to express his gratitude to the Cuban people, physicians, and both Raúl and Fidel Castro for taking care of President Chávez.

Translated by Jhean Cabrera

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