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Venezuelans march to demand ‘truth’ about Chavez health
AFP – Waving Venezuelan flags, the protesters rallied to a street where some 50 university students have staged a week-long sit-in to demand more transparency about Chavez’s condition. “We want to know what is going with Chavez’s health, if he is alive or dead, and we want elections,” said Dario…
Chavez’s continuing disappearance leaves Venezuela in suspense
Hugo Chavez vanished from public view two months ago Sunday, with Venezuela still in suspense over its political future despite assurances its cancer-stricken president is getting better and back in charge. The latest information on Chavez’s condition came Friday from Vice President Nicolas Maduro, who read a message from the…
Venezuela slams ‘psychological war’ over Chavez health
Venezuela accused the international media of waging a “psychological war” over President Hugo Chavez’s health to try to destabilize the government and bring down its socialist revolution. The hardline stance was adopted after Vice President Nicolas Maduro returned from a visit with the ailing Chavez in Cuba, where he is…
Chavez to leave for Cuba for more cancer surgery
Hugo Chavez was set to leave for Cuba early Monday to undergo new cancer surgery that the Venezuelan leftist president admitted was urgently needed to fight the deadly disease. It will be the fourth time the firebrand anti-American populist, re-elected only last October, has undergone surgery since being diagnosed last…
Romney lashes out at Obama over Chavez comment
MIAMI — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney lashed out at President Barack Obama on Wednesday after he dismissed the idea that Iranian ally Venezuela poses a security threat to the United States. Under leftist leader Hugo Chavez, an outspoken critic of US policy, Venezuela has developed close ties with Washington’s…
Venezuela’s Chavez insists he is cancer-free
CARACAS — Firebrand Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez insisted that he is “totally” cancer-free and ready to take on what promises to be a tough re-election battle without “physical restrictions.” “Free, totally free,” he replied when asked by a reporter if he had beaten the disease, as he gears up for…
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