HUGO CHAVEZ: gets hero’s welcome after cancer surgery!

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AP / The Hindu / CARACAS (VENEZUELA), July 5, 2011.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez kisses a crucifix after greeting supporters from a balcony of Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. Photo: AP.

President Hugo Chavez received a hero’s welcome as he rallied thousands of supporters upon his return to Venezuela, vowing to beat cancer after undergoing surgery in Cuba.

Wearing the combat fatigues and red beret of his army days, Mr. Chavez projected strength as he spoke from the balcony of the presidential palace on Monday, waving to the crowd below and raising a fist.

The charismatic president, whose three-week absence spurred a flurry of rumours, delivered a signature performance - the booming voice, the socialist-inspired rhetoric as well as the visceral connection with his audience that inspired rock concert-like frenzy.

“We will also win this battle for life,” Mr. Chavez said. “We will live! We will be victorious!” Nonetheless, signs of Chavez’s fragile health peeked through the stagecraft.

At one point, the 56-year-old leader grimaced with apparent discomfort as he struggled to wave his country’s yellow, blue and red flag above his head. The flag ended up awkwardly draping over his scalp, until Chavez emerged with an embarrassed smile from the fabric.

About 30 minutes into the speech, one of his daughters stepped up to remind him of doctors’ orders that he not strain himself by speaking at his normal, marathon length.

“I shouldn’t be here for too long,” Mr. Chavez said. “This recovery process has to be carefully watched to the extreme.”

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INDISPOSED: Hugo Chavez makes first TV appearance after surgery!

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• June 29, 2011 
• AFP 
• Havana / DC.

In this photo released by the state media Cubadebate web site, Cuba's Fidel Castro (L) and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez look at Granma state newspaper at an unknown location in Havana, Cuba - AP.

Hugo Chavez appeared on Cuban state television on Tuesday, alongside revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, for the first time since the Venezuelan president underwent emergency surgery here.

The 56-year-old appeared to have lost weight, but was animated in speech as usual, alongside Castro, 84, the footage showed. The video also aired in Venezuela to dispel rumors about Chavez's medical condition.

The footage showed Chavez and Castro speaking in a garden as well as seated in a room; in one, the close friends and political allies are shown reading Tuesday's edition of the Communist Pary newspaper Granma, presumably to dispel repeated allegations that Chavez could be ailing or dead.

The Venezuelan government has not addressed details of Chavez's condition. And opposition lawmakers are up in arms in Caracas as many think it is unconstitutional for the president to be governing from abroad.

The Venezuelan government has, however, rejected reports that Chavez was in critical condition following surgery in Cuba, and insisted that the firebrand leftist leader was recovering well.

"He is recovering," Information Minister Andres Izarra told AFP Sunday after reports from Miami's El Nuevo Herald which cited unnamed US intelligence sources as saying Chavez was in "critical condition - not on the brink of death, but critical indeed."

The newspaper also said the sources refused to comment on rumors in Venezuela that Chavez could be receiving treatment for prostate cancer.

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