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Hugo Chávez, the President of Venezuela is suffering from a new severe respiratory infection as he struggles to recover from cancer surgery conducted in Cuba.
2013-03-4

President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez returns home after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba.
2013-02-18

Venezuelan Cabinet ministers get together to pray for the recovery of President Hugo Chávez, who is in Cuba recovering from a cancer operation.
2012-12-31

Hugo Chávez, the President of Venezuela, announces that he has cancer again. Preparing to travel to Havana, Cuba, for further cancer surgery, he named Vice President Nicolás Maduro to carry out his legacy if he is unable to remain in office.
2012-12-8

The price of gold reaches a new record after the President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez announces plans to nationalize the Venezuelan gold industry.
2011-08-17

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez arrives back in Cuba for chemotherapy treatment.
2011-07-16

The inaugural meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States due to be held in Venezuela next week is deferred due to a slow recovery of President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez from an operation in Cuba.
2011-06-30

The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez speaks on Venezuelan television that he is fighting cancer in Cuba.
2011-06-30

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez responds to criticism from Organization of American States Secretary General José Miguel Insulza by saying the OAS is interfering in the country's internal affairs and referring to Insulza as a "spokesman of the empire" during a radio address.
2011-01-10

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announces plans to pass laws by decree for the next six to eighteen months, amid concern from the opposition.
2010-12-14