Chavez being visited in hospital by Fidel and Raul Castro
There is growing uncertainty in Venezuela over President Hugo Chavez’s health, two weeks after he underwent an operation in Cuba for what the authorities said was a pelvic abscess.
On June 24, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said Chavez – who is still in Cuba – was in what he called a “great battle” for his health. But Vice-President Elias Jaua accused the media of stoking speculation.
“We will have Chavez for a long time!” he said on June 25.
The normally loquacious Chavez, 56, had been uncharacteristically quiet since apparently undergoing surgery on 10 June in Cuba. He had been visiting the island as part of an international tour.
He had fallen silent after making a telephone call to state media on 12 June to tell them he was recovering quickly, and that medical tests showed no sign of a “malignant” illness.
Chavez is normally a regular user of the microblogging site Twitter, but no messages were posted to the site for 19 days, until June 24, when fresh tweets began to appear. (Excerpt from BBC)
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