Venezuelas Chavez Entering New Phase of Recovery Jan 21st 2013, by Ewan Robertson [image: Vice-President Nicolas Maduro being interviewed on the TV program "José Vicente Hoy". (Televen)]
Vice-President Nicolas Maduro being interviewed on the TV program "José Vicente Hoy". (Televen) Mérida, 21st January 2012 (Venezuelanalysis.com) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is entering a new phase of his recovery, according to Vice President Nicolas Maduro. Chavez has been out of the public light since his cancer operation in Cuba in December, his fourth in eighteen months. Recent health updates from the Venezuelan government have sent positive signals, with the latest official communication describing the Venezuelan presidents recovery as favourable. Yesterday, Vice President Maduro announced that Chavez was leaving the post-operatory [phase] and is going to enter into a new phase of treatment that is in a process of evaluation. He further commented that Chavez is stabilising in all respects, the functioning of his organs, he is fully conscious, and he has ever more vital strength to enter the next phase, which will be announced by official sources. Last Friday, a group of doctors called Doctors for Life released a medical report<http://www.venezueladeverdad.gob.ve/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/medicos_de_lavida.pdf> in which they claimed to refute various versions that have been propagated about Chavezs clinical state in national and international media outlets. The report, which was posted on the webpage of the governments ministry of communication, claimed that Chavez was entering a final recovery phase and that by 5 February he would be ready to leave hospital. It further stated that the complex abdominal surgery undergone by Chavez was only performed on patients without metastasis. In further comments about Chavez yesterday, Maduro said that sooner rather than later were going to have the president with us, meanwhile here (in Venezuela) there is a work team that he has formed and is governing and working with the people. Speaking in an interview on the television program Jose Vicente Today, the Vice President added that in his conversations with Chavez, His mood is the same as always He s still got his good humour and permanent smile. *Opposition cancel march* Meanwhile, the Venezuelan opposition have cancelled their planned march in Caracas this Wednesday. The march was called to protest a supposed violation of the constitution, which the opposition claim occurred when Chavez did not return to Venezuela for his presidential inauguration ceremony on 10 January. The Supreme Court had previously ruled that the delay in Chavezs swearing-in was legal. The oppositions Democratic Unity (MUD) coalition blamed the cancellation on the decision of pro-government parties and movements to also march in the capital on Wednesday, accusing the government of attacking the freedom that all Venezuelans have to celebrate such an important date for democracy. The opposition will still hold a downsized indoor event in Caracas on Wednesday 23 January, a date which marks the fall of the Marcos Jimenez dictatorship in 1958. Meanwhile, the pro-Chavez movement is planning to hold a huge rally in Caracas to celebrate the day and to support their leader, as well as holding events around the country. Juan Carlos Dugarte, a leader in the governments United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), argued that the oppositions motives for cancelling their march had more to do with fears of a low turnout. They (the opposition) have every right and freedom to demonstrate, no march of theirs is going to be obstructed. The true reason for doing it in a reduced space is that they dont have the mobilisation capacity, because theyre divided, he said. ------------------------------ *Source URL (retrieved on 21/01/2013 - 3:27pm):* http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/7631 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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