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Venezuelan and Cuban presidents issue call for regional unity against US imperialism
Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel (left), Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (centre) and Venezuelan Socialist Party President Diosdado Cabello (right) attend the closing ceremony of the Sao Paulo Forum at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, yesterday

VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro was joined by his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel yesterday as they issued a rallying cry for regional unity “to confront the onslaught of US imperialism.”

The pair were among the speakers at the closing ceremony of the 25th Sao Paolo Forum in Caracas, which coincided with celebrations marking the 65th anniversary of the birth of former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who died in 2013.

Sao Paulo Forum secretary Monica Valente said the best way to honour Mr Chavez was “to continue his struggle for the sovereignty and inclusion of the peoples, to combat poverty and imperial forces.”

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