CARACAS - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is in "stable"
condition in Cuba after being treated for a respiratory infection
following cancer surgery a week ago, the government said on Tuesday.
Chavez, 58, is battling to recover from his fourth operation since he was first diagnosed with cancer in mid-2011.
"The general condition of the commander-president is stable after he
was diagnosed with a respiratory infection and the medical team treated
him immediately," Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said in the
latest update on Chavez.
"It has been controlled."
Villegas said Venezuela's socialist leader, who is once again being
treated in Cuba, had been ordered to take "complete rest" and follow
medical instructions strictly.
Though Venezuelan
officials are upbeat about Chavez's possibility of recovery,
speculation is rife that he may have to step down from power, or might
not even survive.
Chavez himself raised the
possibility of his incapacitation before leaving for Cuba, naming a
preferred successor and urging Venezuelans to vote for him if there is a
new presidential election. He is due, however, to start a new term on
Jan. 10. — Reuters
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