委内瑞拉副总统马杜罗宣布，将对已故总统查韦斯的遗体做防腐处理，并永久停放在加拉加斯的一个军事博物馆。

马杜罗把去世的查韦斯总统同其他革命领袖相提并论，他们的遗体也做了防腐处理。马杜罗说，查韦斯总统的遗体将再停放七天，以供更多的委内瑞拉民众前往瞻仰。

星期五，委内瑞拉将为查韦斯举行国葬，届时将有30位国家元首出席。美国派出一个外交代表团参加。

成千上万哀悼的委内瑞拉人为在加拉加斯瞻仰查韦斯的遗容而等候长达10小时。

查韦斯总统在和癌症进行长达两年斗争之后于星期二去世，终年58岁。

Venezuela's acting leader Nicolas Maduro has announced that the late President Hugo Chavez will be embalmed and his body displayed forever in a Caracas military museum.

Mr. Maduro compared the late president to other revolutionary leaders whose bodies also have been preserved. He said President Chavez will lie in state for seven more days to give more Venezuelans the chance to pay their respect.

President Chavez will be honored at a state funeral Friday, attended by 30 heads of state. The United States is sending a diplomatic delegation.

Thousands of grieving Venezuelans waited for as long as 10 hours to look at Mr. Chavez's body in Caracas.

President Chavez died Tuesday after a two-year fight against cancer. He was 58 years old.