Tuesday, May 17, 2011

A court order temporarily buried in Miami Carlos Andres Prez

An appeals court ratified the U.S. has a court order for the body of the Venezuelan president Carlos Andrés Pérez is temporarily buried in a cemetery in Miami, Florida. Perez's body remained for almost five months frozen in a funeral home waiting for justice to resolve family disputes over whether the city is in U.S.

or is buried in Venezuela. Perez's widow, Blanca Rodriguez, wants to repatriate the body to Venezuela and Cecilia Matos, politician's girlfriend, wants to bury in the U.S., fulfilling the last wishes of the Venezuelan president twice. Relatives of Perez in Venezuela now have a period of 10 days to request a review of the decision before it takes effect.

Last March, Judge Arthur Rotberg said in his ruling that Perez should be treated with "honor and respect" and the solution was to bury him in a "dignified and decent in Miami. But the White Rodriguez-Perez never divorced, opposed this decision because if the remains are buried, the court case could end.

"Thank God. At least we can be reassured that our father is no longer in a freezer. We are really happy. This decision gives us peace of mind that we have not had since Dec. 25," he told Efe Cecilia Pérez Matos, a daughter of exgobernante. The dispute over the final resting place shall be ventilated in court on 8 August.

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