The Venezuelan government paid posthumous tribute Monday to former attorney general and ex-vice president of the country, Isaias Rodriguez, who died Sunday at the age of 82.
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00:00Venezuelan government paid posthumous tribute Monday to former Attorney General and ex-Vice
00:05President of the country Isaias RodrĂguez, who died Sunday at the age of 82. Isaias' body
00:11lied in state at the National Assembly building in Caracas, where the former Attorney General
00:16was honoured by government officials and the Venezuelan people. The ceremony was presided
00:21over by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the Executive Vice President Telsi RodrĂguez,
00:27and the President of the National Assembly, Jorge RodrĂguez.
00:30In a speech broadcast on national television, Maduro praised Isaias RodrĂguez's revolutionary
00:35life, especially as first Executive Vice President of President Hugo Chávez FrĂas.
00:57In his speech at Isaias RodrĂguez's posthumous homage,
01:25Maduro thanked the deceased former Vice President for his services to the homeland
01:30and sentenced that victory will always be on the side of the Venezuelan people.