Chavez "stable" after respiratory infection

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez suffered a respiratory infection but is "stable" again in a Cuban hospital following cancer surgery a week ago, the government said on Tuesday. Chavez, 58, is battling to recover from a fourth operation since he was first diagnosed with the disease in mid-2011. "The general condition of the commander-president is stable after he was diagnosed with a respiratory infection and the medical team treated him immediately," Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said in the latest update on Chavez. "It has been controlled. …