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Saturday, February 22, 2014
Prime Minister of Jamaica Portia Simpson Miller on Friday lauded the late President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, as an extraordinary son of the region and a great friend of Jamaica at the official launch of the photographic exhibition, "Chavez was here", at the Tom Redcam Library in St Andrew.
Simpson Miller said the late president's legacy lives on through his many contributions to the region, noting that he was a man with a generous heart, who had a strong sense of responsibility to this country and the region.The exhibition, hosted by the Venezuelan Government in collaboration with the Institute of Jamaica and the Jamaica Library Service, commemorates the first anniversary of the passing of the late President.
The Prime Minister pointed out that among President Chavez's most significant contributions to the region are the PetroCaribe Energy Cooperation Agreement and the establishment of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). She mentioned his early response to the pleas for aid, following the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January, 2010 and when the islands of St Vincent and the Grenadines and St Lucia suffered severe infrastructural damage, following the passage of Hurricane Tomas that same year.
"Chavez was here" is a global campaign launched in a number of countries across the world, including Bolivia, Cuba, Argentina, and Russia. The exhibition in Jamaica will be open to the public from February 22 to 28.
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