VENEZUELA: Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli meets President Hugo Chavez in Caracas

Record ID: 385200

  • Title: VENEZUELA: Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli meets President Hugo Chavez in Caracas
  • Date: 27th April 2009
  • Summary: CARACAS, VENEZUELA (APRIL 25, 2009) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ITALIAN TENOR ANDREA BOCELLI WALKING INTO PRESIDENTIAL PALACE OF MIRAFLORES
  • Embargoed: 12th May 2009 13:00
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  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment / Showbiz
  • Reuters ID: LVA9E9J8RM7IEUI2X8VWJQR62HCH
  • Story Text: Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli met with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday (April 25) during a visit to the capital Caracas.
    During their meeting Chavez gave Bocelli a Venezuelan instrument known as a 'cuatro."

    "I am very happy to be here with my work team," said Bocelli after his meeting with Chavez.
    "We have a beautiful memory of our meeting."
    Bocelli is in Venezuela to sing for the Orthopaedic Children's Hospital of Venezuela.
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