Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro gave a brief state of the nation address today in place of his ailing boss, Hugo Chávez, who has not been seen in public since going to Cuba for cancer surgery more than a month ago.
Venezuela's vice president hit out at the country's business leaders, saying they were seeking to destabilize the nation while cancer-stricken President Hugo Chávez fights to recover from surgery.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is conscious and recovering a week after a cancer surgery he underwent in Cuba, and "in good conditions" after suffering a respiratory infection, according to Vice-President Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez suffered more complications linked to a respiratory infection that hit him after his fourth cancer operation in Cuba, the vice president said in a somber broadcast.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's formal swearing-in for a new six-year term scheduled for Jan. 10 can be postponed if he is unable to attend due to his struggle to recover from cancer surgery, his vice-president said today.
Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, will not be participating in the VI Americas Summit which began today in Cartagena and is set to travel to Cuba in order to continue his radiotherapy treatment, Venezuela foreign minister, Nicolás Maduro informed today.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is doing well as he receives medical treatment in Cuba, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said today, despite a two-week absence from public view that has raised fresh doubts about his health.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has recovered "full intellectual capacity" after a six-hour cancer operation in Cuba this week, an official said today, but offered few details on the socialist firebrand's physical condition.