Chavez remains in ‘delicate’ condition - VP

Published time: December 31, 2012 03:04
Edited time: December 31, 2012 07:04
Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez rally in Caracas. (AFP Photo / Juan Barreto)

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has suffered new complications following his cancer surgery in Cuba and remains in a “delicate” condition, his vice president has announced.

Concerns are growing about Chavez’s political future as he has not yet appeared in public since the December 11 operation and government officials say he might not return in time for his inauguration ceremony due to take place on January 10. Chavez was re-elected for his fourth term in October.

“President Chavez's state of health continues to be delicate, with complications that are being attended to, in a process not without risks," Vice President Nicolas Maduro said in a televised address from Havana.

He however did not specify what the complications were, but said it came amid a respiratory infection.

“Thanks to his physical and spiritual strength, Comandante Chavez is facing this difficult situation," Maduro said, adding that the president delivered his New Year message to his nation.

"Comandante Chavez particularly wanted us to relay his New Year's greeting to every Venezuelan family who has gathered together across the country at this time."

Earlier this month Maduro announced that Chavez was getting better and was in a stable condition after suffering complications during surgery.

Minister Ernesto Villegas said earlier that the recovery process will require “a prudent period of time as a consequence of the complexity of the surgery performed.”

Comments (34)

Amjad (unregistered) 01.01.2013 09:58

i wish he is fine healthy will come back on duty for his country men 

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T (unregistered) 01.01.2013 05:04

Erdogan may allow so much mosques, I don't know if he was for building more mosques nor it was because of him. But the thing is even Muslim can be different, humans are humans. But religion is brought, and for Muslims there is Koran, beyond that they can choose their own way, yet having duty to accept also other religions.

Wh at Erdogan is doing currently is stabbing in the back of also Muslims and other believers, and other so called past friendly countries. So the question for Erdogan is are you walking the right path or not. Do you have those intelligence systems poluting all over the world? And at last if you have intelligence do you know where your policy is going to?

sam (unregistered) wrote in #18
If the Economist a.k.a. the semi- official publication of the Bilderberg Group puts somebody down, that means that they are doing something for their people. Chavez is certainly in this category. If, on the other hand, the Economist praises somebody that means that they are selling out their country to multi-nationals or doing the dirty work for NATO's wars of aggression. Turkey's PM is in this category and that's why he's shown to be a model for the Muslim World although Turkey is firmly #3 in income inequality in the world and #1 in terms of mosques per capita.

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sam (unregistered) 01.01.2013 04:39

If the Economist a.k.a. the semi- official publication of the Bilderberg Group puts somebody down, that means that they are doing something for their people. Chavez is certainly in this category. If, on the other hand, the Economist praises somebody that means that they are selling out their country to multi-nationals or doing the dirty work for NATO's wars of aggression. Turkey's PM is in this category and that's why he's shown to be a model for the Muslim World although Turkey is firmly #3 in income inequality in the world and #1 in terms of mosques per capita.

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