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Honour and Glory to President Hugo Chávez!The Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) expresses its deepest condolences and sorrow on the untimely death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Eternal glory will honour his name for bringing freedom and independence to his motherland, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and opening its path to progress. CPC(M-L), its allies and all others in Canada concerned for the well-being of the world in the face of the hostility and aggression of U.S. imperialism, join the peoples of Venezuela, all of Latin America, the Caribbean and the world in mourning the tremendous loss of President Chávez and his courage, determination and leadership. "No matter what happens, we will continue to have our homeland," President Chávez said. We are convinced that the Venezuelan people will turn their grief into strength and defend the achievements made under the leadership of President Chávez and the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and will continue to safeguard the sovereignty of their homeland and build on the successes of the Bolivarian Revolution.
Untimely Death of President Hugo Chávez
President Hugo Chávez died at 4:25 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, in Caracas after a heroic battle against cancer. The Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) sent its deepest condolences to the family of President Chávez, to the Vice-President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, to the United Socialist Party of Venezuela and to the people of Venezuela. As leader of the Bolivarian Revolution and the anti-imperialist movement for peace, the contribution of Hugo Chávez to the affirmation of the right to self-determination of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean has repercussions in all fields of life -- political sovereignty, economic sovereignty, energy sovereignty and against imperialist domination and the imperialist interference and designs for war in the region. Within Venezuela, the eradication of illiteracy, homelessness, abject poverty and joblessness by empowering the people and creating the People's Power and Bolivarian Republic, which Chávez called Socialism for the 21st century, are deeds which bring great honour, dignity and hope to the people of Venezuela. The Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA), the Bank of the South, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), and the Council of Latin American Defence - these are amongst the many nation-building projects which have benefitted the peoples of all of the Americas and Caribbean. They are achievements which only a historic personality could possibly accomplish. They testify to Chávez' greatest desire to give the people of the region the tools to defend independence and peace, to end imperialist domination, the stranglehold of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the neo-liberal "Washington Consensus" which is a thing of the past. The untimely death of President Hugo Chávez is a tremendous loss for the Venezuelan people and the peoples of every country whose anti-imperialist movement for peace is the crucial ingredient to open a path to progress. We are certain that the Venezuelan people will discover how to turn their great pain at the loss of their beloved President into great strength as they follow his counsel to fight, fight, fight against all their detractors and those who would plot to overturn the gains of their revolution. Long Live the Bolivarian Revolution! We Are All Chávez! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From Granma STATEMENT FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT, CUBAHASTA siempre, ComandanteWith deep and lacerating pain, our people and the Revolutionary government learned of the death of President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías and are preparing to pay him a heartfelt and patriotic tribute on his entry into history as an independence leader of Our America. We offer our sincere condolences to his parents, brothers, daughters and son and all his family members, who are already ours, just as Chávez is also a son of Cuba, of Latin America and the Caribbean, and of the world. In this moment of profound sadness, we share the closet sentiments of solidarity with the sister Venezuelan people, who we will accompany in all circumstances. The Bolivarian Revolution will have our resolute and unrestricted support during these difficult days. We reiterate our support, encouragement and faith in victory to our compañeros in the Bolivarian political-military leadership and the Venezuelan government. President Chávez has led an extraordinary battle throughout his youthful and fertile life. We will always remember him as a patriotic soldier in the service of Venezuela and the Patria Grande [Greater Homeland]; as an honest, lucid, daring and courageous revolutionary fighter; as a leader and supreme comandante who reincarnated Bolívar in order to do what Bolívar was unable to complete; founder of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. His heroic and indefatigable fight against death is an unsurpassable example of fortitude. The admirable commitment of his doctors and nurses has been a feat of humanism and dedication. The President’s return to the Venezuelan homeland, which he loved so much, changed history. "We have a homeland," Chávez exclaimed with emotion last December 8, and he returned there to confront the greatest risks imposed by his illness. Nothing and nobody can seize the restored homeland from the Venezuelan people. All of Chávez’ work appears undefeated before us. The attainments of the revolutionary people who saved him from the coup in April 2002 and have unhesitatingly followed him, are now irreversible. The Cuban people feel him as one of their most outstanding sons and have admired him, followed him and loved him as their own. Chávez is also Cuban! He experienced as his own our difficulties and problems and did as much as he could, with extraordinary generosity, especially in the hardest years of the Special Period. He accompanied Fidel as a true son and his friendship with Raúl was extremely close. He excelled in international battles in the face of imperialism, always in defense of the poor, of the workers, of our peoples. Impassioned, persuasive, eloquent, ingenious and moving, he spoke from the hearts of the peoples, sang of our joys, and declaimed our impassioned poems with perennial optimism. The tens of thousands of Cubans working in Venezuela will honor him with their impassioned fulfillment of revolutionary internationalism and will continue accompanying the epic feat of the Bolivarian people with honor and altruism. Cuba will sustain eternal loyalty to the memory and legacy of Comandante President Chávez and will resolutely continue his ideals of the unity of the revolutionary forces and of the integration and independence of Our America. His example will lead us in coming battles. Hasta la victoria siempre! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Patria Grande will never forget ChávezPolitical leaders express condolences for the death of the Bolivarian President PREMIERS and political leaders from a number of countries expressed their sorrow at the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, with messages of condolences for his family and the people of the Bolivarian Republic. "We are devastated by the death of our brother, compañero Hugo Chávez," stated Bolivian President Evo Morales, his voice breaking with emotion. “Chávez was a brother in solidarity, a revolutionary comrade, a Latin American who fought for his Patria, for the Patria Grande [Greater Homeland], as Simón Bolívar also did," he added, upon announcing he would travel to Caracas to take part in the funeral rites, and decreeing seven days’ national mourning. In Brazil, President Dilma Rousseff described Chávez as a "great Latin American whose death leaves a void in the region." "We recognize in Chávez a great leader and, above all, a friend of Brazil…His death is an irretrievable loss," she affirmed. Former President and current leader of the Brazilian Partido de los Trabajadores, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, stated, "On this sad day, I am confident that his example of love for the homeland and his dedication to the cause of the least fortunate will continue to illuminate the future of Venezuela." Argentine President Cristina Fernández also announced she is to travel to Caracas, and decreed three days of national mourning in honor of President Chávez. Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa also decreed three days of national mourning for the death of the Venezuelan leader who, he assured, “will continue more alive than ever," and inspiring revolutions in Latin America. In Nicaragua, a memorial tribute took place in Managua's Plaza de la Revolución, led by President Daniel Ortega and First Lady Rosario Murillo. They affirmed that Chávez will live on forever among the men and women of Latin American and the Caribbean. Uruguayan President José Mujica expressed his confidence “in the Venezuelan people, in their government and in the strength of that democracy, of which the late President was a master builder." Chilean President Sebastián Piñera communicated his sorrow at the death of the Bolivarian leader and said that he always appreciated "the strength, the commitment with which President Chávez fought for his ideas." From El Salvador, before arriving in Miraflores, President Mauricio Funes, communicated his condolences to Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro, describing the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution as "a patriot, a man of transformative thought and action, who governed for his people and changed the reality of inequality and exclusion they suffered before his arrival at Miraflores Palace.” Former President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras affirmed, “Today Hugo Chávez has passed to that place of human beings who never die, because they are in the heart of the Latin American peoples." The governments of Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and Jamaica also expressed their sorrow at the death of the Bolivarian leader and their solidarity with his family and his people. Similarly, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter sent his condolences to Chávez' family. From Europe, French President François Hollande expressed his sadness to the Venezuelan people and stated that Chávez "has had a profound impact on the history of his country." UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon offered his "deepest sympathy" to the Venezuelan people.
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