Chavez Talks of Latin America Resurrection
Venezuela´s President Hugo Chavez said that there is currently a resurrection in Latin America, alluding to a leftward advance in recent elections.

"There is a resurrection in Latin America. Peoples are rising up, and nothing and no one can stop unification and liberation of our America," stated Chavez after receiving an honorary law degree of a local university on Thursday night.

The honorary title was granted to him in 2001 by the National Engineering University (UNI, in Spanish), but Chavez received it on Thursday night, on the occasion of his presence in Managua to attend Sandinista Daniel Ortega s swearing-in ceremony as president of Nicaragua.

This higher education center delivered Chavez the title for being a visionary statesman who with his vocation of serving humanity, and particularly his people, has stirred up and renovated Latin American hopes.

The decree signed by UNI Rector Aldo Urbina also highlights his "invaluable contribution, beyond the borders of his country, to eradicate poverty."

Before addressing university students and guests, Chavez, accompanied by President Ortega, laid a wreath at the Venezuelan hero Simon Bolivar s statue erected inside the UNI.