'Cuban 5' spies in Venezuela to pay tribute to Chavez
'Cuban 5' spies in Venezuela to pay tribute to Chavez
By AFP 44 mins ago .
The Cuban spies whose release by the United States helped pave the way for its thaw with Cuba traveled to Venezuela Monday to pay tribute to late leftist firebrand Hugo Chavez.
The visit by the so-called "Cuban Five" intelligence agents comes as Venezuela, whose own relations with Washington have sunk to new lows in recent months, nervously eyes its ally Cuba's rapprochement with the US.
The trip is the spies' first as a group since their release, according to Cuban state news portal Cubadebate, which said the "moment of singular transcendence will be the homage they will pay to Hugo Chavez... who fought tirelessly for their freedom."
The five men received the keys to Caracas in a ceremony on the Venezuelan capital's Bolivar Square, where Jorge Rodriguez, the mayor of the Libertador municipality, told them: "The doors of this city and this nation are always open to you."
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