Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro reacts during the National Journalist Award ceremony at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas June 27, 2013. The award was posthumously presented to late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. [Photo/Agencies]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.