Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro arrived in Argentina as part of a South American tour that took him first to Uruguay and that will end tomorrow in Brazil, after April 14 general elections when Hugo Chávez’s hand-picked successor defeated, though with a tiny margin, right-wing Henrique Capriles.
First activity of Maduro’s agenda in Buenos Aires City included a meeting with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at the Government House by noon where they signed eleven bilateral agreements in strategic areas such as energy, agriculture and science.
One of the first statements of the Venezuelan leader when arriving earlier this morning at the Jorge Newbery Airport in the city was to consider that Chávez’s «presence» is «very strong» in Argentina and to stress the «responsibility» to continue not only with his «legacy» but also with Néstor Kirchner’s, ex Argentine president and late husband of CFK.
Maduro joined a political rally hold in the afternoon at the All Boys football stadium where he lead commemorative tributes to both late presidents Chávez and Kirchner.
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will host an official dinner tonight in honour of her Venezuelan counterpart who has chosen Venezuela’s MERCOSUR trade partners for his first international tour.ç
Source: Buenos Aires Herald