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Caribbean-Latin America
Chavez back in VZ.
2011-07-04
ht to Fausta
Zombie Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made a surprise return from Cuba early Monday, stepping off a plane before dawn amid rampant speculation about his fitness to continue in office following surgery to remove a cancerous tumor.
and pelvic abcess
Looking thinner but standing straight and appearing energetic, Chavez strode across the tarmac of the Havana airport before boarding a plane.

In video aired by state television, he bade goodbye to Cuban President Raul Castro and then from the door of the airplane saluted, raised a fist, waved, and blew a kiss.
then collapsed in the plane
"It's the beginning of my return!" he declared from the runway in Venezuela shortly after arriving about 2 a.m. local time (2:30 a.m. EDT; 0630 GMT.)
cuz everyone flies home at 2AM. He looks like sh1t
Chavez's military chiefs stood behind the president as he spoke on the tarmac, the plane's engine still running. He wore a blue-and-white warmup suit as he stepped off the plane in the darkness and hugged his vice president, Elias Jaua, and his elder brother, Adan.

The president's illness and three-week stay in Cuba had political observers speculating that he could be gone for months, and some questioned whether he could realistically ever return to office.
gotta put out that fire
Chavez's sudden unexpected arrival Monday appeared to be his attempt to put that speculation to rest.
"I'm fine, really. Pining for the fjords."
Fausta has the video and notes: "He's also expected to name Nicolas Maduro as his vice-president. I do not know what the Venezuelan Constitution has to say on replacing the vice president, but rest assured that the internal power struggle in Chavismo is going on, as Chavez is expected to name an heir apparent."
Posted by:Frank G

#8  CF wins the thread! :-D
Posted by: Barbara   2011-07-04 21:42  

#7  Hugo Chavez is suffering from colon cancer.

Couldn't they be more specific? That could be anywhere in his body.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2011-07-04 18:39  

#6  Hope his death "convalescence" is short and painful.
Posted by: Barbara   2011-07-04 14:31  

#5  who made the mistake of operating him as if he was suffering from a pelvic abscess. Seldom can a ruptured gut NOT be operated on unless the surgeon has given up on the patient. Have to clean out the pus & open up a path for drainage. Sometimes the rupture is the way such a cancer manifests itself. No life insurance company would willingly sell Hugo a policy now.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-07-04 14:09  

#4  Can we wave"Bye-Bye" now, or must we wait for the fetivities to end?
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2011-07-04 14:00  

#3  whoops - clipped off the last line:
patient's condition is "serious" because there are chances that the tumor has caused metastasis." El Periodico (Spanish)
Posted by: Frank G   2011-07-04 12:53  

#2  A Spanish paper reports he has colon cancer:
July 2 - A Spanish newspaper, El Periódico, reports that Hugo Chávez is suffering from colon cancer, which has perforated the wall of his intestines.

According to the daily, the first operation was a mistake because it was performed after it was erroneously diagnosed that Chávez only was suffering from a pelvic abscess.

Here is my translation of what the Spanish newspaper is reporting: "Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is suffering from colon cancer that has perforated the intestinal wall and has caused an infection in the abdomen. Chávez will need, at least for the next three months, a colostomy bag (a bag for stool), according to information from Venezuelan diplomatic reports that El Periodico has been able to review.

These same sources have reported that Chavez was first operated by a Cuban surgeon, who made the mistake of operating him as if he was suffering from a pelvic abscess. A few days later, the tumor fistulized. Given the seriousness of the situation, the Cuban authorities required for a second operation the services of a Spanish surgeon, which was probably José Luis García Sabrido, chief of surgery at the hospital Gregorio Marañon of Madrid, but this could not be confirmed by this newspaper. (My note: This was the same surgeon who traveled to Cuba to check on Castro)

The same report notes that, for now, Chavez can not receive chemotherapy because the infection produced by the first intervention prevents it. After seeing the medical reports, the same diplomatic sources suggest that the pat
Posted by: Frank G   2011-07-04 12:51  

#1  In other words, he came home to die (I hope).
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2011-07-04 12:38  

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