Hugo Chavez inspired great devotion among his supporters
The body of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is to be embalmed and put on display after his funeral, Vice-President Nicolas Maduro says.
The decision reflects the huge crowds queuing to pay their respects in Caracas, where he is lying in state.
Mr Chavez's body will be moved to a new revolutionary museum after the state funeral on Friday, Mr Maduro said.
Hugo Chavez, who led Venezuela for 14 years, died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer.
More than two million mourners have already filed past his body at the military academy in Caracas, queuing for hours to see him lying in state.
Leaders from Latin America and beyond are gathering in Caracas for his funeral on Friday, and Mr Maduro said the ceremony would go ahead as planned.
His body would be embalmed "like Lenin", the Russian revolutionary leader, and put on display for at least another seven days, Mr Maduro added.
Mr Chavez's supporters want him eventually interred in Venezuela's national Pantheon alongside Simon Bolivar, the 19th Century independence leader the late leader claimed as his "revolutionary" inspiration.
But Venezuela's constitution says people can only be admitted to the Pantheon 25 years after their death.
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