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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Updated 8:35 pm, Saturday, March 2, 2013
Caracas, Venezuela --
President Hugo Chavez has been receiving chemotherapy since recovering from
a severe respiratory infection in mid-January and "continues his battle for
life," Vice President Nicolas Maduro said.
Maduro suggested late Friday that the chemotherapy was continuing in the
government's first mention of it as among treatments that Venezuela's cancer
-stricken president has received since his Dec. 11 cancer surgery in Cuba.
The vice president quoted Chavez as saying he decided to return to Venezuela
on Feb. 18 because he was entering "a new phase" of "more intense and tough
" treatments and wanted to be in Caracas for them.
Maduro's offering of the most detailed rundown to date of Chavez's post-
operative struggle came hours after an accusation by opposition leader
Henrique Capriles that the government has repeatedly lied about Chavez's
condition.
"We'll see how they explain to the country in the (coming) days all the lies
they've been telling about the president's situation," Capriles, whom
Chavez defeated in Oct. 7 elections, said in a tweet.
Chavez has not been seen nor heard from since going to Cuba for his fourth
cancer surgery, except for a set of "proof of life" photos released Feb. 15
while he was still in Havana.
Chavez first revealed an unspecified cancer in the pelvic region in June
2011, and reported undergoing radiation treatment and chemotherapy after
earlier operations.
The opposition says Chavez should either be sworn in for the new term he won
in the election or declare himself incapable and call a new election. The
Constitution says he should have been sworn in on Jan. 10, but Venezuela's
Supreme Court said it was permissible to wait. |
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