Venezuela Cancels Summit as Chavez Health Questions Escalate
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The Venezuelan government, citing Hugo Chavez’s health problems, canceled a July 5-6 regional summit just hours after broadcasting images of an apparently fit president in Havana, a move that raised fresh questions about the gravity of the socialist leader’s ailments.
Chavez was due to host the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or CELAC, a hemispheric bloc that excludes the U.S. and Canada. Chavez is undergoing a “very strict medical treatment” following an operation to remove a pelvic abscess that prevented him from attending, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.