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NICOLAS MADURO, PRESIDENT OF THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA:
And on the 5th of March, he (Hugo Chavez) passed on to the fourth life; eternal life.
From there (Heaven), he watches us.
From there, he brings us his courage.
From there, he brings us his songs.
Like Jorge (V.P. Arreaza) said, something also happened to me this morning,
and I'm going to tell you about it.
The time has come to tell you another story.
I went into a small chapel at about 8 in the morning, 8:30.
Small chapel. (Made out) of wood. Alone.
I was praying and remembering him (Chavez).
There was a large photo of him.
There was a statuette of José Gregorio Hernández, and a Christ.
Suddenly, a small bird flew in. And he flew over me three times.
He landed on a wooden beam over here, and he began to sing.
♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬
A song there...(it was) pretty.
I looked at him...and I sang back at him. I said, ïf you sing at me, I'll sing at you".
And so I sang. ♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬
The little bird looked at me funny, sang a little, flew around me for a bit, and left.
I felt his spirit...I felt him as though he were giving us his blessing...saying to us,
"Today the battle begins."
"Go forth to victory, you have our blessings".
That's what I felt in my soul, and that's what I feel...
the same as what you felt, Jorge.