Caribbean News Now!

About Us Contact Us

Countries/Territories

Jump to your country or territory of interest

Advertise with us

Reach our daily visitors from around the Caribbean and throughout the world. Click here for rates and placements.

Contribute

Submit news and opinion for publication

Subscribe

Click here to receive our daily regional news headlines by email.

Archives

Click here to browse our extensive archives going back to 2004

Also, for the convenience of our readers and the online community generally, we have reproduced the complete Caribbean Net News archives from 2004 to 2010 here.

Climate Change Watch

The Caribbean is especially vulnerable to rising sea levels brought about by global warming. Read the latest news and information here...

Travel


RSS Feeds


Follow Caribbean News Now on Twitter
Connect with Caribbean News Now on Linkedin



Other News


News from the Caribbean:


Back To Today's News

Venezuela publishes first photos of Chavez after surgery
Published on February 18, 2013 Email To Friend    Print Version

chavez_new.jpg
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (C) pictured here in hospital in Havana with his elder daughters, Rosa Virginia and Maria Gabriela

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- The Venezuelan government has published the first photos of President Hugo Chavez after the head of state underwent cancer surgery in Havana last December.

Venezuelan science, technology and innovation minister Jorge Arreaza showed four pictures of Chavez with his elder daughters, Rosa Virginia and Maria Gabriela.

In the pictures, Chavez appears smiling and calm while reading Thursday’s edition of Cuba’s Granma newspaper.

The photos were released after communication and information minister Ernesto Villegas read on television and radio the most recent government communiqué on Chavez’s health progress.

The communiqué explained that, after a complex two-month post-surgery period, Chavez is conscious and intellectually functional, while in direct contact with his cabinet, leading major tasks relevant to his post.

The respiratory infection that Chavez suffered from has been controlled, though certain level of insufficiency still prevails. Given this situation, the Venezuelan president is breathing through a tracheal cannula, which makes it temporarily difficult for him to speak, the communiqué said.

The medical team is still administering treatment to fight the ailment, which is not without complications. Chavez is cooperating with the treatment and his rehabilitation in close coordination with the medical team.
 
Reads: 1931





Click here to receive daily news headlines from Caribbean News Now!



Back...

Comments:

No comments on this topic yet. Be the first one to submit a comment.

Back...

Send us your comments!  

Send us your comments on this article. All fields are required.

For your contribution to reach us, you must (a) provide a valid e-mail address and (b) click on the validation link that will be sent to the e-mail address you provide.  If the address is not valid or you don't click on the validation link, it will be a waste of your time typing your submission because we will never see it!

Your Name:

Your Email:

(Validation required)

Comments:
Enter Code


Other Headlines:


Regional Sports:

Opinion

Letters