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Chavez in hospital for emergency care: report
MIAMI — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has been fighting cancer, was rushed to a military hospital for emergency care following kidney failure, according to El Nuevo Herald newspaper. The leftist, staunchly anti-US stalwart Chavez went into the Military Hospital in Caracas on Tuesday morning, the report on the newspaper’s…
Venezuela’s Chavez turns to shamans to fight cancer
Shamans from tribes in Venezuela’s Amazon jungle held a ceremony at the Miraflores presidential palace Saturday to help Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recover from his cancer treatment. Chavez, who insists that he was “not sick but recovering” from cancer, greeted the shamans wearing a track suit in the colors of…
Chavez announces new round of chemotherapy
CARACAS — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday announced that he would travel perhaps next week to Cuba for a new third round of chemotherapy in his ongoing battle against cancer. Previously Chavez, 57, had said further chemotherapy to treat his cancer was a possibility, but he had not announced…
Chavez proclaims solidarity with Gaddafi
CARACAS — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared Tuesday that he will continue to recognize only Moamer Kadhafi as the legitimate leader of Libya, despite signs the regime is likely in its last throes. In Libya, Chavez said, there is “only one government, the one led by Moamer Kadhafi,” the Venezuelan…
Venezuela’s Chavez says he is free of cancer
CARACAS — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was back in his country Sunday after undergoing chemotherapy treatment in Cuba, declaring himself free of “malignant cells” and ready to continue his work. The 56-year-old leader underwent an operation in Cuba a month ago for a cancerous tumor in his pelvic area. Chavez,…
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