Norman Grindley/Chief Photographer Venezuela Ambassador to Jamaica Maria Jacqueline Mendoza Ortega, (second left) flank by government ministers AJ Nicholson, (left) minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Phillips minister of Finance and planning (centre) Ronald Thwaites, (right) minister of Education and Phillip Paulwell, minister of mining. The occasion was a wreath laying ceremony at the statue of Simon Bolivar at the National cercle in Kingston yesterday.

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