Prime Minister Gonsalves says Chavez’s death has left ‘a void’

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Wednesday joined his Caribbean Community (CARICOM) colleagues in acknowledging that the death of Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez has left a void and many of his tasks unfinished.
“Those of us who have been toiling with him and the Bolivarian movement in the vineyard of our people’s movement, materially, socially and culturally, must bind ourselves ever more tightly together to still the uncertainties and finish his tasks in the on-going journey for the further ennoblement and advancement of our people,” said Gonsalves.
Describing Chavez as his “very close friend and comrade”, Prime Minister Gonsalves said that he would seek to work closely with Vice president Nicolas Maduro and the Venezuelan government.