Chavez Seeks More Cancer Treatment in Cuba After Election
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is seeking treatment in Cuba to aid his recovery from cancer, seven weeks after winning re-election in a campaign in which he told voters he was “totally free” of the disease.
The self-proclaimed socialist, who cut back public appearances after earning a third six-year term in October, yesterday sought permission from Congress to leave Venezuela and travel to the Communist island for a seventh time this year to undergo hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Chavez, who has undergone three surgeries to remove two tumors since June 2011, arrived in Havana today, Cuban state newspaper Juventud Rebelde reported on its website.