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VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO Chavez said he is cancer-free because a series of medical exams in Cuba showed no recurrence of the illness following two months of chemotherapy treatments.
The 57-year-old leader announced the test results on live television today after returning from Cuba, saying thorough exams found “there are no malignant cells active in this body.”
“I’m free of illness,” Chavez said on state television, wearing military fatigues as he arrived in the southwestern town of La Fria.
Crowds of supporters cheered for Chavez as he rode in a caravan to the town of La Grita, where he visited a church that is home to a famed image of Christ.
Red-clad supporters filled a square in the town and waved excitedly to the president.
Chavez underwent surgery in Cuba in June to remove a cancerous tumour from his pelvic region. He has not revealed where the tumor was located nor the type of cancer with which he was diagnosed.
Chavez underwent four rounds of chemotherapy, both in Cuba and in Venezuela, between July and September. He said that from now on he expects to undergo regular medical checks and repeat the exams every four months.
The leftist president, who was first elected in 1998, is up for re-election in October 2012.
He said that in the coming months he will begin “a new cycle of more accelerated physical recuperation.”
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Thank god for that. On with the Bolivarian revolution comrade! And take back all your gold from the yanks
Great News. Viva Chavez
Good news. Viva Chavez, now continue the fight!
I’m sure his subjects are thrilled at the excellent medical care he got in CUBA! If his achievements were a fraction of his bellicose boasting then he’d have eaten his own dog food and got treated in Venezuela.
No doubt he’s in mourning for his crony in Libya.
Are you OK with his support for Ahmadinejad? As for your opinion on America, I respectfully disagree.
I hear he got a “Get Well Soon” card from his close ally, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The willingness of the Left to turn a blind eye to tyranny never ceases to amaze me.
What do you mean the willingness of the left to turn a blind eye? I would say it’s the willingness of everyone to turn a blind eye. Gaddafi was still to be seen shaking hands with EU leaders barely two years ago, not to mention the tyrants that were actively backed by america in the middle east and south east asia when it suited them. Every government has at some stage taken an unpopular stance.
Thank you Cuba. Viva Chavez
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