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Chavez Seen in Post-Op Photos
 Chavez Seen in Post-Op Photos 
Feb 15, 2013 11:45 AM CST

Chavez Seen in Post-Op Photos

Shots show him alongside daughters, holding newspaper

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez is definitely alive. Venezuelan officials today released the first images the world has seen of Chavez since his December surgery in Havana, the BBC reports. The photos show Chavez prone but smiling alongside his daughters. In some photos he is reading yesterday's issue of the Cuban Communist...

Chavez on 'Complex' Treatments for Cancer

'Complex' therapies will eventually halt illness: VP

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez is "undergoing alternative treatments" for cancer, Venezuela's vice president says. "They are complex and difficult treatments that must, at some point, end the cycle of his illness," said Nicolas Maduro of the country's president on state TV. Following difficulties after surgery, Chavez is...

Official: Chavez Laughing, Joking, Giving Orders

Latest report has Venezuelan president on the mend

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez might just be on the mend, at least according to the latest report from Venezuela's foreign minister. Elias Jaua said yesterday from Cuba, where Chavez went six weeks ago for cancer surgery, that the president is laughing and joking, Reuters reports. "Comrades, I'm coming out...

Chavez 'Signs' Decree— From 1.3K Miles Away

Signature scandal sets off firestorm in Venezuela

(Newser) - One dubious signature has ignited a firestorm in Venezuela—or as the New York Times dubs it, "a tempest in an inkpot." The trouble started when a decree appeared naming longtime Hugo Chavez ally Elias Jaua as foreign minister, dated Jan. 15, listing Caracas as its point of...

Pilot of Missing Missoni Plane Had Expired License

And the airline didn't have proper paperwork, either

(Newser) - The search for fashion boss Vittorio Missoni and others aboard a small plane that went missing off the coast of Venezuela Jan. 4 continues, and a new report today doesn't exactly inspire confidence: An Italian newspaper says neither the 72-year-old pilot nor the small airline he worked for had...

Venezuela Court OKs Inauguration Delay

Swearing-in ceremony can wait, say justices

(Newser) - For all anyone knows, Hugo Chavez is lying unconscious in a hospital bed in Cuba, but his political machine is still plenty strong: Venezuela's Supreme Court ruled today that his swearing-in ceremony for another term as president can be postponed indefinitely, reports Reuters . In the meantime, business will proceed...

Hugo Chavez Will Miss Inauguration

Opposition wants Supreme Court to weigh in on legality

(Newser) - In not-so-surprising news, the Venezuelan government said today that Hugo Chavez is too sick to attend his own inauguration on Thursday, reports the BBC . So now what? Chavez's camp says it's no big deal, arguing that the swearing-in is a mere formality that can be postponed until Chavez...

Missing Fashion Mogul's Family Begs for Help

Crews search for Missoni's plane; or was he kidnapped?

(Newser) - The family of a missing Italian fashion designer is begging for help after his plane vanished off the coast of Venezuela on Friday, ANSA reports. "Vittorio Missoni is missing," tweeted Missoni's son. "Please help me find my father!" With searches ongoing, the pilot of a...

Hugo Chavez Camp May Try to Delay Inauguration

VP says it's legal as he recuperates; opposition disagrees

(Newser) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez can take the oath of office for his next term before the Supreme Court at a later date if the ailing leader isn't fit to be sworn in next week, his vice president said. Nicolas Maduro sent the strongest signal yet that the government may...

Chavez Has &#39;Severe Lung Infection&#39;
 Chavez's Medical Woes Persist 
Jan 4, 2013 2:54 AM CST

Chavez's Medical Woes Persist

As party dogged by rumors of split

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez's post-surgery medical woes continue: The Venezuelan president is grappling with complications from a "severe lung infection," according to officials. The infection has prompted a "respiratory insufficiency," says the country's information minister. Chavez hasn't been seen publicly since the surgery, which occurred...

Ailing Chavez in 'Delicate Condition'

Jan. 10 inauguration looks doubtful

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez has suffered a fresh bout of complications from his cancer surgery in Cuba earlier this month and is in "delicate condition," vice president Nicolas Maduro says. It has now been more than three weeks since the Venezuelan president has been publicly seen or heard, and though...

VP: Hugo Chavez, Walking, Talking

But questions linger over severity of leader's cancer

(Newser) - Vice President Nicolas Maduro surprised Venezuelans with a Christmas Eve announcement that President Hugo Chavez is up and walking two weeks after cancer surgery in Cuba, but the news did little to ease uncertainty surrounding the leader's condition. Sounding giddy, Maduro told state television that he had spoken by...

Hugo Chavez Suffers Surgery Complications

But he's reportedly improved after bleeding

(Newser) - Venezuela doesn't seem to be trying to sugar-coat reports about Hugo Chavez's recovery from cancer surgery: The nation's information minister said today that Chavez suffered bleeding during the operation that required "corrective measures" to fix. However, Chavez has been making "favorable" progress since then, he...

Venezuela Confronts 'Gravity' of Chavez Illness

'Comandante' in stable condition after surgery: doctors

(Newser) - Venezuela's government sees "difficult" times on the horizon as the ailing Hugo Chavez undergoes a "difficult, complex, and delicate" recovery from surgery. His doctors say he's in stable condition, and "we trust that, with the love of millions, the Comandante will get well soon and...

Chavez's 'Complex' Cancer Surgery a Success

It's his 4th since June 2011

(Newser) - In a surgery described by his tapped successor as "complex," Cuban surgeons were indeed able to remove cancerous tissue from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. VP Nicolas Maduro called the six-hour operation a "complete success," adding, "we've lived through complex moments of tension." Some...

Hugo Chavez: Cancer Is Back

Venezuelan president will again seek treatment in Cuba

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez's long battle with cancer has resumed, and the Venezuelan president will again seek treatment in Cuba, reports CNN . Speaking in a televised address to his nation last night, Chavez said "It's absolutely necessary, absolutely vital that I undergo a new operation." But in acknowledging...

Hugo Chavez Returning to Cuba for Treatment

He makes no mention of cancer, however

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez is heading back to Cuba for medical treatment, and the sparse announcement is raising questions about whether his cancer has returned. The Venezuelan president informed the National Assembly that "six months after I had the last session of radiotherapy, I have been advised to begin a new...

Chavez Wins in Venezuela
 Chavez Wins in Venezuela 
Oct 8, 2012 12:03 AM CDT

Chavez Wins in Venezuela

He fends off younger challenger in presidential race

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez's reign in Venezuela will extend to 20 years, assuming he's telling the truth about having beaten his cancer. The 58-year-old defeated 40-year-old challenger Henrique Capriles in today's presidential election by 54% to 45%, reports Reuters . Capriles had figured to make oil-rich Venezuela more business-friendly and...

Venezuela Votes in Chavez's Toughest Test

Henrique Capriles could topple enigmatic president

(Newser) - Just try sleeping in on Election Day in Hugo Chavez's Venezuela: Trucks blared reveille to awaken voters today as Chavez's crusade to transform Venezuela into a socialist state was put to the stiffest electoral test of his nearly 14 years in power. Later, folk music poured from loudspeakers,...

Hugo Chavez: I'd Vote for Obama

And Obama would vote for me, says Venezuelan president

(Newser) - Here's something Mitt Romney can probably use: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says if he were an American, he'd vote for Barack Obama, whom he describes as a "good guy," reports the Telegraph . And if Obama were Venezuelan, "I think he'd vote for Chavez,"...

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