Fidel, Chavez moment after failed 2002 coup captured [View all]
It's still hard to accept that Chavez is dead, at least for me
avana (AFP) - Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez shared their amazement and joy upon the triumphal return to power of the late Venezuelan leader after a brief coup in 2002, an exchange vividly captured in a transcript released Friday.
"You have to make a movie about it," a delighted Castro told Chavez in a lengthy telephone conversation shortly after the Venezuelan president was welcomed back to presidential palace in Caracas by cheering masses.
"What impressive images, the faces of the people, the happiness -- something never seen before, Chavez! It's something to make paintings about," he said.
Cuba published a transcript of the conversation in an eight-page pamphlet, offering a rare and dramatic glimpse of the two friends at a key moment in their history as the closest of allies.
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