CARACAS -- Hours after returning from Havana, President-elect Hugo Chavez
             praised the Cuban revolution and lamented that in Venezuela children still ``die of
             hunger.''

             During his two-day visit to Cuba, Chavez met with Fidel Castro and Colombian
             President Andres Pastrana to discuss Colombia's peace talks. He also visited a
             hospital that was treating a Venezuelan boy.

             ``In that country they take care of the children in the hospitals while here they die
             of hunger in the street,'' Chavez told about 5,000 people attending an event
             Monday marking the 28th anniversary of the Movement to Socialism political
             party.

             ``A revolution is on the march and no one and nothing will stop it,'' he told the
             crowd, which applauded and whistled repeatedly during the 2 1/2-hour speech.
             Chavez takes office on Feb. 2.
 
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