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Brother of Hugo Chavez Appointed Venezuelan Ambassador to Cuba - Maduro

© REUTERS / Carlos Garcia RawlinsA woman holds her infant as she casts her vote in front of a mural of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at a polling station during the Constituent Assembly election in Caracas, Venezuela, July 30, 2017.
A  woman holds her infant as she casts her vote in front of a mural of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at a polling station during the Constituent Assembly election in Caracas, Venezuela, July 30, 2017. - Sputnik International
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BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday that he appointed Adan Chavez, the brother of former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the country’s Ambassador to Cuba.

"I have appointed Adan Chavez, a brother in the revolution, our Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Cuba, and he will also retain the position of Vice President for International Affairs of PSUV [United Socialist Party of Venezuela]," Maduro wrote on Twitter.

READ MORE: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Calls for 'Anti-Imperialist' Demonstrations

Previous Ambassador to Cuba Ali Rodriguez Araque died in Havana in November at the age of 81.

Hugo Chavez served as the Venezuelan president from 1999 until his death caused by cancer on March 5, 2013.

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