Through his Twitter account, the President said that on this 25th April, the world says good-bye to “a defender of just causes in the United States”.

Our condolences to his family, friends and close ones. !Rest in Peace. “King of Calypso”!, he said.

Maduro accompanied his message with three images showing the singer together with Hugo Chavez (1954-2013) and Fidel Castro (12926-2016), with whom he shared a close friendship.

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