Venezuela’s Chavez Not in Coma and Recovering, Brother Says

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Venezuela’s ailing President Hugo Chavez is not in a coma as reported by social media sites and continues to recover from cancer surgery a month ago in Cuba, his brother said.

Adan Chavez, who is also governor of Barinas state, denied that the president was in a coma and that his family was considering disconnecting life-support machines, according to a statement published on the Barinas state government’s website.