Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at the National Assembly in Caracas October 8, 2013. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has declared an official day of "loyalty and love" for late President Hugo Chavez, seeking to keep the messianic socialist leader in the public eye.
The OPEC nation will celebrate the "Day of Loyalty and Love for Supreme Commander Hugo Chavez and the Fatherland" each year starting on December 8 to commemorate the anniversary of Chavez's last speech to the nation before dying of cancer.
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