Chávez surprises CFK with Kirchner painting

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez surprised Cristina Fernández de Kirchner when he announced the creation of the Néstor Kirchner room while they were holding a bilateral meeting at the Palace of Miraflores in Caracas. He also unveiled a painting, created by himself, showing the face of her late husband sitting next to the Bolivarian leader.. 

“It’s my best work of art,” Chávez said after unveiling the painting. He also revealed that the paint “was still fresh” because he had “finished it last night.”

He repeated that the painting had been created entirely by him. 

Visibly moved, Fernández de Kirchner received the original painting and thanked her Venezuelan counterpart.

Her daughter Florencia was also present during the meeting.