Last Friday evening, February 24, the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Venezuelan Institute for Culture and Cooperation (IVCC) and the Guyana-Venezuela Friendship Society hosted an Interfaith Service at the Venezuelan Institute to pray for the fast recovery of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, H.E. Hugo Chávez Frías, in light of his announcement last Tuesday that he would have to undergo surgery in Havana during the weekend to remove a lesion, 2cm in diameter, that was detected in the same area where a cancerous tumour was removed in June last year.

The Service commenced with the National Anthems of Guyana and Venezuela, followed by remarks by the President of the Guyana-Venezuela Friendship Society, Mr. Kawall Persaud.