Hugo Chávez pictured with Fidel Castro after cancer surgery
Source: Guardian
Venezuela has published photographs of Hugo Chávez sitting with Fidel Castro and walking in a hospital as the Venezuelan president recovers from cancer surgery in Cuba.
Venezuela's government insists Chávez, 57, is recovering quickly and will be ready to contest a presidential election on 7 October.
Chávez had a large cancerous tumor removed in Havana last year and Venezuelans experienced a sense of deja-vu over the handling of his latest setback: brief messages from him on Twitter, short telephone calls to state TV, then the release of pictures of Chávez with Cuba's former leader.
In two new photographs published via Twitter on Friday by Venezuela's information minister, Andres Izarra, Chávez was seen in discussion with his close friend and political mentor. "They talked for almost two hours," Izarra tweeted.
Saturday 3 March 2012 06.46 GMT
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/03/hugo-chavez-surgery-castro-pictures
IamK
(956 posts)joshcryer
(62,287 posts)TownDrunk2
(63 posts)TBF
(32,139 posts)I hadn't seen it. Chavez looks like he's doing ok despite the surgery.
MADem
(135,425 posts)joshcryer
(62,287 posts)Castro is animated.
bitchkitty
(7,349 posts)He'll recover rapidly, in more than enough time for the elections, and will win yet again. Viva Chavez!
Judi Lynn
(160,662 posts)Corporate media will never have anything decent to say about a couple of men who dared to try to deliver their entire countries out of the clutches of foreign corporate domination.
Best wishes for both these leaders.
Thank you, dipsydoodle.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)nanabugg
(2,198 posts)If Hugo can stay out of the way of RW assassins he may enjoy a long life like Castor.