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January 10, 2013

Hugo Chavez Corners the Sympathy Vote

Sean Burges, The Australian

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As cancer progresses, the body weakens. For Venezuela and its President, Hugo Chavez, this is particularly bad news.

Given that he was rushed to Cuba for emergency surgery last month and is now battling a post-operative respiratory infection, we have to assume he has either had a resurgence of his original cancer or it has metastasised into other organs in his body.

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