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    Chavez returns to Venezuela from Cuba

    CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez made a surprise return to Venezuela from Cuba before dawn Monday, saying he is feeling better as he recovers from surgery that removed a cancerous tumor.

    State television showed the video of Chavez arriving about 2 a.m. local time (2:30 EDT; 0630 GMT). The station didn't air the video until a little after five hours later.

    "I'm fine. I'm happy," he said after stepping off the plane. "A perfect landing."

    He hugged his vice president, Elias Jaua, and his elder brother, Adan.

    In a telephone interview later, the president told state television he was having breakfast. "I'm devouring everything," Chavez said.

    Chavez said he spent "very difficult days" in Cuba but that his recovery is going well. "It's the beginning of my return!"

    President Raul Castro saw him the Venezuelan on the tarmac as he departed during the night from Havana. From the door of the airplane, Chavez saluted, raised a fist, and then waved.

    Chavez arrived a day before the 200th anniversary of Venezuela's declaration of independence from Spain.

    He had been in Cuba since June 8 for what ostensibly was a previously scheduled visit. Doctors said he underwent an initial surgery on June 11 to have a pelvic abscess removed and then a follow-up surgery to remove a cancerous "abscessed tumor" from his pelvic region.

    Chavez announced the second surgery Thursday after 18 days out of sight. Neither he nor doctors gave details about what kind of cancer it is or what treatment he is receiving.

    Jaua said he and others were "very excited to receive our president."

    "He's going to rest for a while," Jaua said.

    He said that Chavez had plans to address his supporters from the balcony of the presidential palace later Monday.

     

    68 comments

    • Mon-Chu'  •  10 mths ago
      Darn, he left Cuba before Sean Penn could get down there to cuddle and spoon Hugo and Fidel at the same time. That was probably his last opportunity to do them together.
      • Tony 10 mths ago
        You sound like you are jealous about being left out of that leftist group.
      • Reverand Juan 10 mths ago
        He wants to give choo choo Chavez a hand job.
      • forty55_ 10 mths ago
        Did he get any cigars and tour GITMO?
    • Charles B  •  10 mths ago
      I wonder if Feinstein, Boxer, Barney Frank and Obama send him "Get well Soon" cards or tweets??
      • Tony 10 mths ago
        You want this kind of person to "get well" because he will stress his body out before it is fully healed. Too bad they didn't wire his mouth shut.
    • james B.  •  10 mths ago
      Sneak back into country,in the middle of the night,Get the Rope,and storm the palace,it is time for a coo,rise-up and overthrough this P.O.S ?
      • bubsir 10 mths ago
        What ? Here all these comments re: "dictator" and you propose a coup??
        The man is popularly elected, and other than his anti US Foriegn policy statements has never done a thing to hurt the US.

        What is the point of all this hate??
      • Tony 10 mths ago
        Militaries don't coo.
        Pigeons coo.
        Are you a stool pigeon?
      • no more 10 mths ago
        @Bubsir: I believe Fidel Castro was also "popularly elected" every term since his revolution. Was he not?? Most dictators enjoy the same "popularly elected" status for as long as they want to retain power. You ever heard a dictator not claim total popularity, support and love by the populace?
    • The Professor  •  10 mths ago
      In all likelihood, some poor Cuban farmer is mssing some essential parts, but Hugo is fine and appreciates the anonymous donation, courtesy of another dictator. These guys can live as long as replacment parts are enough to keep them alive. They have an endless supply.
      • Tony 10 mths ago
        There's no replacement for his brain, thank goodness ... forgot, Castro might want to transplant his head on Hugo's body.
    • The Wizard  •  10 mths ago
      $$%$ shame he didn't come home in a pine box...
      • Tony 10 mths ago
        even if he did, he would still come out of the woodwork ... pun there ... sort of
    • JamesP  •  10 mths ago
      Arrived at 2 AM? It's almost like he is sneaking back into the country...
    • billn  •  10 mths ago
      they drove him to the airport in a 55 chevy
    • A Yahoo! user  •  10 mths ago
      Our world is filled with turmoil. There is no peace without God.
    • ardy  •  10 mths ago
      Almost too much to take in.........
    • Walter  •  10 mths ago
      It is a darn shame that this Marxist dictator did not go to meet his maker, Lucifer.
    • Terry  •  10 mths ago
      He is going to have Venezuelan medical help now. Hopefully this will put an end to him.
    • Rufus  •  10 mths ago
      Chavez's penis was removed. It was completely cancerous. He's telling people it's nothing to worry about "because it will grow back."
    • Spike  •  10 mths ago
      R.I.P. He's getting ready to check out. I don't care for his politics but the Venezuelans have a right to choose and he is their choice. I respect that, though not the man.
    • George Mason  •  10 mths ago
      Don't they send the dead home to die, in this case we can only hope.
    • Reverand Juan  •  10 mths ago
      DIE COMMUNIST PIG, DIE
    • Me, Cosmo  •  10 mths ago
      now this psycho will be playing victim to that people he keeps in ignorance
    • John Svengali  •  10 mths ago
      NEXT STOP: HELL! I'll be happy the day Chavez meets Marx in person. What a carbuncle on humanity's posterior!
    • MIDCLAS61  •  10 mths ago
      I am hoping he has learned that he is not the God of all South America. He needs to work more on his countries health system, so he doesn't have to travel to Cuba for Health Care. Water, Reliable electricity, sanitation, roads, and housingthe poor are other issues he needs to address at home. It is kinda like america needs to tend to its issues at home before sticking its fingers in other people business
    • Red  •  10 mths ago
      He should have stayed in Cuba and his buddies, the Castros could have buried him!
    • AC7880  •  10 mths ago
      "President Raul Castro saw him the Venezuelan on the tarmac as he departed during the night from Havana"??? Starting the boozing early for the 4th?
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