Venezuela's Maduro receives samurai sword gift from actor Steven Seagal

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro receives a samurai sword as a gift from actor Steven Seagal, who was visiting Venezuela as a representative of Russia, in Caracas, Venezuela. [Reuters]

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro received a samurai sword as a gift from actor Steven Seagal, who was visiting the South American country as a representative of Russia, state television images showed on Tuesday evening.

Maduro, wearing a white facemask and a traditional Venezuelan black long sleeve shirt known as a liqui liqui, positioned the sword over his shoulder as Seagal nodded and pointed in affirmation, the images broadcast from the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas showed.