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    Venezuela president confirms faces new surgery

    CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that doctors in Cuba have found a new lesion in the area where he had cancer surgery last year, and he will require surgery.

    "It is a small lesion of about 2 centimeters (less than 1 inch) in diameter, very clearly visible," Chavez told state television.

    The announcement throws new uncertainty over the country's politics because the socialist leader is seeking re-election this year, hoping to extend his more than 13 years in power.

    He did not say when he would undergo the surgery, other than "in the coming days."

    Chavez, 57, said the new surgery should be less complicated than what he underwent in Cuba in June, when doctors removed cancerous tumor from his pelvic region. From July to September, he received four rounds of chemotherapy, both in Cuba and in Venezuela, and he has since said that tests show he is cancer-free.

    On Tuesday he denied rumors that the cancer had spread to his liver. He has never specified the cancer's exact nature or location.

    In recent weeks, Chavez has recovered the hair that he shaved while undergoing chemotherapy and he has appeared vigorous, returning to his full schedule of activities, including marathon television appearances.

    He has assured Venezuelans that he is in fine shape to gain what would be his third re-election in Oct. 7 elections against opposition candidate Henrique Capriles.

     

    12 comments

    • oh no  •  3 mths ago
      Im sure Sean Penn will be his side
      • OLLIE 3 mths ago
        Maybe thats the problem? Chavez blames the US for his cancer, maybe he should look to the interlopers who always show up spreading propaganda about the US while all along they are the culprits who infect Mr Chavez? Just wondering? Things are not always as they seem.
    • taker  •  3 mths ago
      Maybe the surgeons can remove his head and solve the problem !!
    • Sam  •  3 mths ago
      I wonder how of his people are praying him? Hmmmmm
    • Harry Baals  •  3 mths ago
      The poor fat man is afraid of healthcare in his own Country.
    • Jay C  •  Tyler, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Another psycho on his way to meeting his maker
    • Harry Baals  •  3 mths ago
      Chavez is proof Socialism gives you cancer
    • Jack  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      Please die you jerk hugo chavez.
    • Benjamin  •  3 mths ago
      The lesion they need to remove is above his shoulders.
    • jim  •  3 mths ago
      TO BAD ITS NOT FROM HEAD TO TOES
    • Jess  •  3 mths ago
      God bless Chavez!! we need a president like him !
    • cflashback  •  3 mths ago
      And Chavez ask his doctor i thaught you said i was cancer free and the doctor said you were last week before you started running your mouth off about the election now it seem you've got more than you bargain for geesss man get a grip before I have to open you wide and take out your brain OH I forgot Exxon paid us to do that three years ago now they want their money back.
    • Adaptive  •  3 mths ago
      I hope God will help VERY MUCH the Human rights DEFENDER, Hugo Chavez...

      I hope God will PUNISH VERY HARSHLY such zio-CRIMINALS and zio-INVADERS of such zio-america, zio-europe and the alike zio's...
      • Harry Baals 3 mths ago
        I hope you get a missle up yourbutt
      • Mike 3 mths ago
        The Beijing have been notified and are looking for you.
      • Horacio 3 mths ago
        F.MAO
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