http://www.smh.com.au/world/venezuelan-president-back-to-good-health-20111021-1mcfz.html Venezuelan president back to good health October 22, 2011 Hugo Chavez is fit and keeping an eye on next year's elections. Photo: AFP
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared that he had beaten cancer, less than five months after he stunned his nation by revealing that he had undergone emergency surgery to remove a tumour while in seclusion in Cuba. ''No abnormal cellular activity exists,'' Mr Chavez said in comments broadcast on state news media while he was in western Venezuela, where he was preparing to visit a Catholic shrine. ''I've begun to exit the cave,'' the President said, dressed in a green military uniform. Despite Mr Chavez's announcement, which he made after a brief trip to Cuba for a check-up, mystery still shrouds his condition. He has never publicly revealed what type of cancer he had. Altogether, Mr Chavez, 57, underwent four chemotherapy treatments, including three in Cuba and one in Venezuela, according to the government. Physically, he still looked like a changed man on Thursday, appearing bloated and with a green military cap covering a bald head. Mr Chavez also seems to have acquired a more religious air. ''I'm more Christian every day,'' he said. ''Socialism is the road to Christ.'' Confusion persists in Venezuela about how healthy or sick Mr Chavez may be. Salvador Navarrete, a prominent Venezuelan doctor who describes himself as the President's former personal surgeon, said this week that Mr Chavez had less than two years to live, attributing his illness to a ''very aggressive'' tumour in the pelvic area. Mr Chavez, while refraining from discussing the specifics of his tumour, looked ahead to the presidential elections next year. Taunting his opponents, he said, ''It's easier for a donkey to pass through the eye of a needle than for you to beat me.'' Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/venezuelan-president-back-to-good-health-20111021-1mcfz.html#ixzz1bWvUf9By [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
