Hugo Chavez 'back in Venezuela' after Cuba cancer care
Source: BBC News
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he has returned to the country after receiving treatment for cancer in Cuba.
In three messages posted on Twitter, Mr Chavez, 58, thanked Cuban President and ex-leader Raul and Fidel Castro.
He also thanked Venezuelans for their support and said he would continue treatment in his home country.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21495976
msongs
(67,433 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)and he looks only to reached Venezuela in the past 12 hours or so.
The date of the pictures taken with his daughters on Friday 15th February is easily confirmed - he's holding the current Cuban edition of Granma.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/photos-chavez-released-2-month-absence-article-1.1265125
He's still breathing through a tracheal tube.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)I believe you, I just can't find a source for that specific info since they have kept his health and treatment so secretive (2AM arrival back in Venezuela, for example, no media for his triumphant return, etc).
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)It was "Viaja hoy a Asia equipo Cuba al Clásico Mundial de Béisbol" http://www.granma.cu/espanol/deportes/14febrero-viaja.html
dated Thursday 14th when the pictures were taken
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)SamKnause
(13,110 posts)Thanks dispy, this is wonderful news !!!!
madokie
(51,076 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)His treatment was botched from the get-go, IMO.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)He cannot walk.
He cannot raise his head/sit up.
He cannot breathe on his own.
He cannot speak.
He's had a "pelvic tumor" removed four times.
All reports from independent sources say he is suffering from sarcoma--you don't come back from that. Those that are reporting that it is sarcoma say it has migrated to his bones.
Tick tock. Time is running short. It's terribly sad for him and his family, but snarking at me isn't going to change anything.
The man in those photos is in dire straits, and no amount of photoshopping away a trach tube can change that situation.
IMHO he's back to get his final affairs in order before expiring on Venezuelan soil.
Last week's mention of seeking "alternative" cancer treatments was an indication that traditional cancer treatments aren't working.
bitchkitty
(7,349 posts)If anyone can survive cancer, it's him.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)if the worst happens.