‘I’m back! Thank you to my beloved people!’ Hugo Chavez tweets his return home to Venezuela after more than two months of cancer treatment in Cuba
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | February 18, 2013 21:19
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has returned home to Venezuela following two months of treatment in Cuba.
In three ecstatic messages posted on Twitter, Mr Chavez, 58, thanked Cuban President and ex-leader Raul and Fidel Castro.
Chavez had not been seen or heard from since he went to Havana, Cuba on December 10 for treatment, in contrast to previous medical visits.
He also thanked Venezuelans for their support and said he would continue treatment in his home country.
There was no information about when or why he returned, and no details about whether he would actively take up the duties of office.
In photographs released last week, the president is seen smiling and propped up on a pillow in bed, surrounded by his two daughters Rosa and Maria.
Government opponent have been demanding to know why Chavez hasn’t spoken to the nation to explain his illness.
Before leaving for Cuba, Chavez acknowledged there were risks and said that Vice President Nicolas Maduro should run in a new election if his cancer fight prevented him from staying on as president.
Maduro has travelled repeatedly to Havana in recent weeks, and has shown documents signed by Chavez on television while insisting the president remains in charge.
On Wednesday, Maduro said that Chavez is undergoing ‘extremely complex and tough’ treatments, but did not specify what they were.
The 58-year-old president has been undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba on-and-off since June 2011.
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