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Hugo Chávez convalescing in Cuba after surgery
By April MacIntyre Jun 26, 2011, 17:32 GMT
A handout picture provided by Palacio de Miraflores shows Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez meeting with some followers during a visit to Macarao parish in Caracas, Venezuela, 01 June 2011. EPA/Palacio de Miraflores
Hugo Chávez, 56, is convalescing in a Cuban hospital after a surgery to rid the Venezuelan president of an infected pelvic abscess.
Some media outlets have speculated that the growth is is a result of Prostate cancer.
El Nuevo Herald reported that Chavez was last seen in public June 9 and last heard from on June 12, on a phone call with Venezuelan state television.
The newspaper reported Chavez was in "critical condition, not grave, but critical, in a complicated situation."
Also reported was Chávez's daughter Rosinés and his mother Marisabel Rodríguez "urgently" left the country and headed to Cuba in a Venezuelan air force plane.
"In response to all the rumors, I can give faith that the president is recovering in a satisfactory manner," Adan Chávez, who is a state governor, told state television Wednesday. "The president is a strong man."
Chávez personal Twitter account went active on Friday, for the first time in 20 days.
"I'm here with you during the hard battles every day! Until victory always! We are winning! And we shall win!" he tweeted in Spanish.
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