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Venezuelan VP: Chavez Undergoing 'Tough' Chemotherapy

Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro, left, and Diosdado Cabello, president of Venezuela's National Assembly, gesture to supporters as they arrive at the National Assembly for the state-of-the-nation address in Caracas, Feb. 28, 2013.
Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro, left, and Diosdado Cabello, president of Venezuela's National Assembly, gesture to supporters as they arrive at the National Assembly for the state-of-the-nation address in Caracas, Feb. 28, 2013.
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by: Joe from: Montana
March 02, 2013 11:49 AM
This is one step closer to a President Maduro of Venezuela.


by: antfreire from: Puerto Rico
March 02, 2013 8:37 AM
Good News!! President Hugo Chavez is in much better condition since he arrived in Venezuela. According to the last reports, from the five cancer tumors that the president has only three are terminal.

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