CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced the creation of a peace prize in honour of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, and said he was awarding it to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I’ve decided to create the Hugo Chavez prize for peace and the sovereignty,” Maduro said during a televised broadcast on Friday to unveil a statue of Chavez designed by a Russian artist. “I think President Vladimir Putin deserves this award,” he said, describing Putin as a fighter for peace.
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