Fresh Fears Over Health Of Hugo Chávez -- The Guardian
Venezuelan president's unexpected trip to Cuba for follow-up cancer treatment prompts fears of rapid decline in health.
Fears about the health of the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, have re-emerged since his unexpected trip to Cuba last week for follow-up treatment after undergoing chemotherapy and surgery earlier this year.
In a letter to the national assembly, which had to approve the trip, he said the treatment would include hyperbaric oxygenation, which involves breathing pure oxygen inside a sealed chamber, to repair bone and tissue damaged during radiotherapy.
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Update #1: Chavez’s Longest Silence Since Cancer Fuels Health Speculation -- SFGate/Bloomberg
Update #2: President Hugo Chávez not to attend Mercosur summit -- ElUniversal
My Comment: So much for previous Venezuelan claims that he was cancer free. Bottom line .... if this report is true he has a dangerous form of cancer .... so it is not at all surprising that he is now absent from public life. If there is a surprise, it is that he is still President.