Tag: Hugo Chavez

Maduro stands in for Venezuela’s ailing Chavez in key speech

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Venezuela's Vice President Maduro delivers the state of nation address to national assembly in CaracasCARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro gave a brief state of the nation address on Tuesday in place of his ailing boss, Hugo Chavez, who has not been seen in public since going to Cuba for cancer surgery more than a month ago. Maduro stood in for Chavez with a 10-minute speech to Congress in which he defended the president's decision to rule the OPEC nation from a hospital bed in Havana, despite opposition calls for him to step aside and name a temporary leader. …

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Venezuela’s Maduro to visit Chavez again in Cuba

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Venezuelan Vice President Maduro speaks during a rally in support of President Chavez in CaracasCARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro will fly to Cuba on Friday to visit cancer-stricken Hugo Chavez, a month after the socialist leader underwent his fourth operation in 18 months. The 58-year-old president has neither been seen nor heard from since the surgery, and he has suffered multiple post-operative complications including a severe lung infection. He missed his own inauguration on Thursday, but the Supreme Court said he could be sworn in later – in theory meaning he could remain in office for weeks or months from a Havana hospital. …

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