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Hugo Chavez supporters outside the military hospital in Caracas where his treatment is continuing. (Photograph: Fernando Llano/AP)
Ailing Hugo Chavez Returns to Venezuela
The ailing president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez was greeted warmly by his home country Monday after returning from Cuba where he's been receiving cancer treatment since last year.
The Associated Press reports that Venezuelans "staged street celebrations to welcome him home" and that the president was now "Hugo Chavez supporters outside the military hospital in Caracas where his treatment is continuing. Photograph: Fernando Llano/APbeing treated at a military hospital in Caracas."
Feb 19, 2013
The ailing president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez was greeted warmly by his home country Monday after returning from Cuba where he's been receiving cancer treatment since last year.
The Associated Press reports that Venezuelans "staged street celebrations to welcome him home" and that the president was now "Hugo Chavez supporters outside the military hospital in Caracas where his treatment is continuing. Photograph: Fernando Llano/APbeing treated at a military hospital in Caracas."
Chavez used his twitter account, which hadn't been used since November 1 of last year, to announce his return:
\u201cHemos llegado de nuevo a la Patria venezolana. Gracias Dios m\u00edo!! Gracias Pueblo amado!! Aqu\u00ed continuaremos el tratamiento.\u201d— Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas (@Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas) 1361176926
\u201cGracias a Fidel, a Ra\u00fal y a toda Cuba!! Gracias a Venezuela por tanto amor!!!\u201d— Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas (@Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas) 1361176992
\u201cSigo aferrado a Cristo y confiado en mis m\u00e9dicos y enfermeras. Hasta la victoria siempre!! Viviremos y venceremos!!!\u201d— Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas (@Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas) 1361177065
And AP adds:
Many in Cuba were taken by surprise by the news and wondered what it could mean about Chavez's health, details of which have been a closely guarded secret. [...]
Mirta Blanco, a 67-year-old retiree, said: "This could be good or it could be bad. I hope he's truly getting better, but I doubt it because what he has is irreversible. Maybe they sent him back to die. I think that's going to be his exit. It's huge news, but I think it's terrible."
There was no mention of his departure in morning newspapers, but Cuban state television described it as one of two "events loaded with emotion for Latin America" along with the re-election of the Ecuadorean president, Rafael Correa, on Sunday.
In a letter to Chavez read on state television and radio, Cuba's retired leader, Fidel Castro, said he was pleased that Chavez was able to return home.
"You learned much about life, Hugo, during those difficult days of suffering and sacrifice," Castro wrote. "Now that we will no longer have the privilege of receiving news of you every day, we will return to the kind of [written] correspondence we have used for years."
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The ailing president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez was greeted warmly by his home country Monday after returning from Cuba where he's been receiving cancer treatment since last year.
The Associated Press reports that Venezuelans "staged street celebrations to welcome him home" and that the president was now "Hugo Chavez supporters outside the military hospital in Caracas where his treatment is continuing. Photograph: Fernando Llano/APbeing treated at a military hospital in Caracas."
Chavez used his twitter account, which hadn't been used since November 1 of last year, to announce his return:
\u201cHemos llegado de nuevo a la Patria venezolana. Gracias Dios m\u00edo!! Gracias Pueblo amado!! Aqu\u00ed continuaremos el tratamiento.\u201d— Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas (@Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas) 1361176926
\u201cGracias a Fidel, a Ra\u00fal y a toda Cuba!! Gracias a Venezuela por tanto amor!!!\u201d— Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas (@Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas) 1361176992
\u201cSigo aferrado a Cristo y confiado en mis m\u00e9dicos y enfermeras. Hasta la victoria siempre!! Viviremos y venceremos!!!\u201d— Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas (@Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas) 1361177065
And AP adds:
Many in Cuba were taken by surprise by the news and wondered what it could mean about Chavez's health, details of which have been a closely guarded secret. [...]
Mirta Blanco, a 67-year-old retiree, said: "This could be good or it could be bad. I hope he's truly getting better, but I doubt it because what he has is irreversible. Maybe they sent him back to die. I think that's going to be his exit. It's huge news, but I think it's terrible."
There was no mention of his departure in morning newspapers, but Cuban state television described it as one of two "events loaded with emotion for Latin America" along with the re-election of the Ecuadorean president, Rafael Correa, on Sunday.
In a letter to Chavez read on state television and radio, Cuba's retired leader, Fidel Castro, said he was pleased that Chavez was able to return home.
"You learned much about life, Hugo, during those difficult days of suffering and sacrifice," Castro wrote. "Now that we will no longer have the privilege of receiving news of you every day, we will return to the kind of [written] correspondence we have used for years."
The ailing president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez was greeted warmly by his home country Monday after returning from Cuba where he's been receiving cancer treatment since last year.
The Associated Press reports that Venezuelans "staged street celebrations to welcome him home" and that the president was now "Hugo Chavez supporters outside the military hospital in Caracas where his treatment is continuing. Photograph: Fernando Llano/APbeing treated at a military hospital in Caracas."
Chavez used his twitter account, which hadn't been used since November 1 of last year, to announce his return:
\u201cHemos llegado de nuevo a la Patria venezolana. Gracias Dios m\u00edo!! Gracias Pueblo amado!! Aqu\u00ed continuaremos el tratamiento.\u201d— Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas (@Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas) 1361176926
\u201cGracias a Fidel, a Ra\u00fal y a toda Cuba!! Gracias a Venezuela por tanto amor!!!\u201d— Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas (@Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas) 1361176992
\u201cSigo aferrado a Cristo y confiado en mis m\u00e9dicos y enfermeras. Hasta la victoria siempre!! Viviremos y venceremos!!!\u201d— Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas (@Hugo Ch\u00e1vez Fr\u00edas) 1361177065
And AP adds:
Many in Cuba were taken by surprise by the news and wondered what it could mean about Chavez's health, details of which have been a closely guarded secret. [...]
Mirta Blanco, a 67-year-old retiree, said: "This could be good or it could be bad. I hope he's truly getting better, but I doubt it because what he has is irreversible. Maybe they sent him back to die. I think that's going to be his exit. It's huge news, but I think it's terrible."
There was no mention of his departure in morning newspapers, but Cuban state television described it as one of two "events loaded with emotion for Latin America" along with the re-election of the Ecuadorean president, Rafael Correa, on Sunday.
In a letter to Chavez read on state television and radio, Cuba's retired leader, Fidel Castro, said he was pleased that Chavez was able to return home.
"You learned much about life, Hugo, during those difficult days of suffering and sacrifice," Castro wrote. "Now that we will no longer have the privilege of receiving news of you every day, we will return to the kind of [written] correspondence we have used for years."
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