Chavez Death Speculation Not True, Venezuela Government Says
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Venezuela’s government denied speculation of President Hugo Chavez’s death as the leader’s nine-day absence from television screens fueled talk that his poor health may prevent him from running in October’s election.
Information Minister Andres Izarra, writing on Twitter, said opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski was the “political fatality” and that the speculation had been “denied.”