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Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez in a coma 'only kept alive by life support' after cancer surgery
Daily Mail ^ | 01/02/2013 | By ANTHONY BOND

Posted on 01/02/2013 10:50:19 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is in an induced coma being kept alive by life support following complications during cancer surgery, it was claimed today.

Sources at the hospital in Cuba where he is being treated told a Spanish newspaper he was showing 'very weak' vital signs, adding that doctors could decide to switch off the machines 'at any moment'.

With rumours swirling that Chavez had taken a turn for the worse, Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro said the ailing president's condition remains 'delicate' three weeks after his cancer surgery.

He did not provide further information about the president's condition and told Venezuelan's to ignore speculation about his health.

Many Venezuelan's have been left frustrated over the lack of information over the president's condition.

Chavez's political opponents have complained that the government hasn't told the country nearly enough and have demanded it provide the country with a full medical report.

Even some of his supporters say they wished they knew more.

In a pre-recorded interview in Havana, which was broadcast Tuesday night by the Caracas-based television network Telesur, Maduro said: 'He's totally conscious of the complexity of his post-operative state and he expressly asked us ... to keep the nation informed always, always with the truth, as hard as it may be in certain circumstances.'

Both supporters and opponents of Chavez have been on edge in the past week amid shifting signals from the government about the president's health.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hugochavez; venezuela
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1 posted on 01/02/2013 10:50:24 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

There’s the distinct smell of sulfur in the air......................


2 posted on 01/02/2013 10:53:33 AM PST by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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To: SeekAndFind

Around these parts we got a saying for sumbishes like this guy. It is AMF.


3 posted on 01/02/2013 10:55:04 AM PST by biff (WAS)
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To: SeekAndFind

Aw, geez.


4 posted on 01/02/2013 10:55:16 AM PST by TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl
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To: SeekAndFind

Hugo, say hi to Che for ... tell him Fidel will be along shortly.


5 posted on 01/02/2013 10:57:48 AM PST by tx_eggman (Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Ah, that wonderfully marvelous Cuban medical system ...

Now if we could only get our politicians and celebrities to travel there for their medical treatment ...

6 posted on 01/02/2013 10:57:59 AM PST by BlueLancer ("Oh, man, that's a lot of Indians!" [LTC George A. Custer, 1876, near the Little Bighorn Valley])
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To: SeekAndFind

So now what?


7 posted on 01/02/2013 10:58:24 AM PST by mom.mom
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To: SeekAndFind

Wrote this yesterday about Kim Jong il:

Kim Jong il became Kim Jong dead. If he died do to a protracted $h!t-fit, so much the better. I would have loved to be a fly on the wall.

Hope Hugo and Fidel go soon and in as a distinguished a manner


8 posted on 01/02/2013 10:58:57 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Looks like el Presidente for Life won’t be seeking another election

Sean Penn must be deeply saddened


9 posted on 01/02/2013 11:02:11 AM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: mom.mom

RE: So now what?

I am assuming Venezuela has a Presidential succession law in place and whoever the Vice President is, takes Hugo Chavez’s place. But then this is Venezuela, so... who knows what happens next?


10 posted on 01/02/2013 11:02:34 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Red Badger

“Chavez in a coma, I know, I know, it’s serious...”


11 posted on 01/02/2013 11:04:05 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: SeekAndFind

Maybe he had Benghazi information, too?


12 posted on 01/02/2013 11:04:21 AM PST by ryan71 (Water, food and ammo.)
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To: silverleaf

"And down! It's over. It's all over for El Presidente! "

13 posted on 01/02/2013 11:07:21 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Yet, the Hildabeast is simply intubated ~ why can’t this be hugh and series?


14 posted on 01/02/2013 11:09:23 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: SeekAndFind

Finally, a little good news this holiday season.


15 posted on 01/02/2013 11:09:29 AM PST by Lazamataz (LAZ'S LAW: As an argument with liberals goes on, the probability of being called racist approaches 1)
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To: SeekAndFind

pull the plus and celebrate

throw him o the corner with the other trash


16 posted on 01/02/2013 11:11:51 AM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: ryan71

Nah. If that were the case, his mind would be Jell-O.


17 posted on 01/02/2013 11:12:02 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: SeekAndFind

Sure hope he dies.


18 posted on 01/02/2013 11:20:11 AM PST by Psycho_Bunny (Thought Puzzle: Describe Islam without using the phrase "mental disorder" more than four times.)
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Sure hope he dies.

I can't bring myself to hope for someone's death... but I am going to hope for Justice in this life or the next... and hope that Venezuela has some better leaders ready to step up.

19 posted on 01/02/2013 11:21:58 AM PST by Teacher317 ('Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Maybe someday the people of Venezuela will be free.


20 posted on 01/02/2013 11:22:03 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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