Tag: Hugo Chávez

• Monday, March 19th 2012 - 06:34 UTC

  Bocaranda, the gossip columnist who keeps Venezuela informed on Hugo Chavez

  

  Some Venezuelans cannot get enough of Nelson Bocaranda, a mild-mannered radio reporter and gossip columnist who has been dishing up inside information on President Hugo Chavez’s cancer.

• Thursday, March 8th 2012 - 06:21 UTC

  Chavez will return home from Cuba next week, says Colombian president

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Venezuela's Hugo Chávez will return home next week from Cuba where he is recovering from surgery to remove a cancerous tumour.

• Wednesday, March 7th 2012 - 02:59 UTC

  US Southern command watchful of political turbulence in Latam

  

  United States Air Force Commander, General Douglas Fraser, in charge of the US Southern Command, stated before Congress that the Department of Defence is “watchful for potential geopolitical turbulence that could impact US citizens,” and highlighted the uncertainties of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez health and economic instability.

• Monday, March 5th 2012 - 05:32 UTC

  Chavez proclaims “I will overcome”, admits radiation treatment for cancer

  

  President Hugo Chavez said he will need radiation treatment for cancer in the run-up to Venezuela's October presidential poll though he insisted there was no metastasis after the removal of another tumour.

• Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 07:38 UTC

  Official report: Chavez in good physical condition; pelvic lesion completely extracted

  

  Surgeons “completely” removed a lesion from Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's pelvis and the populist leader is in good physical condition after the operation in Cuba, Venezuela's vice president said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 17:23 UTC

  Chavez recovering from cancer surgery but no official work on his condition

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez came out of cancer surgery overnight in Cuba and is recovering in a hospital, two sources said on Tuesday, but there was still no official word on the leader's condition.

• Thursday, February 23rd 2012 - 04:25 UTC

  Doubts about Chavez true health condition re-surface as he leaves for surgery in Cuba

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez imminent departure for more cancer surgery in Cuba has thrown his re-election campaign into uncertainty and once again shaken the populist leader's passionate supporters.

• Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 23:59 UTC

  President Chavez announces he has to undergo another operation

  

  Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez said on Tuesday he would have to undergo another operation after doctors in Cuba found a lesion in his pelvis where surgeons removed a large cancerous tumour last year.

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 07:17 UTC

  Venezuela opposition unites and vote candidate to face Chavez next October

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles easily won a primary election on Sunday to become the unity candidate against President Hugo Chavez, vowing to end 13 years of socialist rule that he said has left the country in deep crisis.

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 22:08 UTC

  Surinam and Santa Lucia apply to join President Chavez ALBA group

  

  Surinam and the Caribbean island of Santa Lucia are in the process of becoming full members of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of America, ALBA group, while Haiti has been nominated “standing invited member”.