In Moscow, Hugo Chavez unveiled a monument to Simon Bolivar

In Moscow, President Hugo Chavez opened a monument to Latin American national hero, leader of the struggle for the independence of Spanish colonies in the New World, Simon Bolivar.

Appeared bust of the hero in the All-library of world literature. The Venezuelan leader noted that the location of the monument to the fight for independence is doubly symbolic. First, because the culture - "the most powerful weapon, more missiles and artillery." And, secondly, Bolivar was in honor of the company, adding to the monuments of Raoul Wallenberg, Heinrich Heine, Abraham Lincoln, Charles Dickens and Alexander Menu. Tells NTV

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