Hugo Chavez Cancer: Venezuelan President Delegates Powers To Vice President Elias Jaua

Just one day after he announced his return to Cuba to undergo another phase of cancer treatment, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez delegated select powers to Elias Jaua, the vice-president, a report from Al Jazeera stated.

This comes in the wake of Chavez resisting requests from his political opposition to "temporarily handover the presidency" to Jaua. Instead he delegated mostly budgetary powers to the vice president and Jorege Giordani, the finance minister.

Weeks ago, the Venezuelan president announced to the world in a televised address that he had undergone a successful operation to remove a cancerous tumor.

"They confirmed the existence of a tumourous abscess, with the presence of cancerous cells, which required another operation to extract the tumour completely," he said. "I deeply appreciate the demonstrations of solidarity by Venezuelans and other brotherly people."

The Miama Herald reported that the vice president would oversee "budget transfers to government ministries, presidential commissions" and any other budgetary matters until Chavez is able to return. Giodani will also handle "budget shortfalls and tax exemptions."

Amid more debate from his opposition as to whether he should remain in control while receiving his treatment in Havana, Chavez simply said "I will come back much better than I am right now."

Comments

[professor]

08:07 PM on 07/17/2011

I like how many of the really crettiennous type of tr..... can be found on this thread or any thread on this topic.

Cuban health care is very good. You know nothing.

Expropriating money from those who have too much and transferring it to those who actually do the work and thus deserve it is . . . . wait for it tr....ies. ...... very good. You know nothing.

Calling names, besides not being argumentation, is not even intellgent.

I have an idea. If you don't like liberals and you like the SoontobeinSeriousTrouble Network starting with an ef, then get off a liberal website, rocket scientists! What inslanity. It's like people running for government their whole lives on a "government can't do anything right" ticket. Get outta here already!

[rossandsheila]

03:39 PM on 07/17/2011

I bet he calls the palace every day.

[sfizi]

12:27 PM on 07/17/2011

This guy's a joke

[armed patriot]

10:06 AM on 07/17/2011

Who would have guessed that Fidel would outlive Hugo?

[Justice1]

09:29 AM on 07/17/2011

the end of an ugly chapter is near...

[topop101]

08:49 AM on 07/17/2011

judgement day nears, hugo

[thepheonix]

08:04 AM on 07/17/2011

If it wasn't serious he would have NEVER given up partial control.

[armed patriot]

07:55 AM on 07/17/2011

This guy's pride has him getting treatment in Cuba.....and dying, rather than humbling himself and coming here.....and living.

I like the way this guy thinks.

[Sunil Weliwitigoda]

06:39 AM on 07/17/2011

Cuban health care is lousy. Venezuela has not got good hospitals. They both, have socialised medicine, which cannot be good. We have in the US good cancer hospitals but not free health care, so we are great. We do not have socialised medicine but capitalist medicine of an highly advanced nature, which we the Hoi Polloi cannot afford and thats why we are great. We are sure Hugo would love American treatment but is scared that he might get an exit visa from this world. Hugo should have come to America for treatment, so that we know what to do to him. Why all the screwy chatter. After all he is human and like all humans, can become sick. Let's be human and pray for his quick cure, so he can go back to serve his people devotedly, like he has always done.

[celtcalgal]

12:07 PM on 07/17/2011

I would rather have a dedicated Doctor who is in the medical profession for the good of mankind, than a Doctor who is in it for the Money,as American Doctors are.

[professor]

05:10 AM on 07/17/2011

Let me ask you this, Happy Camper Tr....s.
Is taking money away from those who have enough to kill a horse with
and giving it to those who are starving
wrong?

[alanposting]

04:35 AM on 07/17/2011

I have always respected Chavez for his fight with the world's money grabbers for the benefit of his people......but I must say he now is a disappointment to me. With all the oil money over the last few years, he has not developed one hospital in his country that specializes in cancer therapy.... He has had enough time for such a development to help all of his countries citizens who have cancer. They can't afford to fly to Cuba, which has better health care then America btw, and that to me is a great failure of his legacy.

[jerry48]

09:36 AM on 07/17/2011

if your not in cuba you should be

[alanposting]

11:01 AM on 07/17/2011

...and no comments about my comments......we go to the school yard!

[rossandsheila]

03:52 PM on 07/17/2011

Chavez has done nothing for his country ,other than take from the upper and middle class and give to the poor. No infrastructure ,no hospitals ,poor schools,no manufacturing, no gasoline, no cars, just handouts. They export tons of oil .10% of our oil is from Venezuela.They have money coming in, but they are stealing for themselves , giving to the poor and buying military equipment.Who are they going to fight?P.S Cuba does not have better health care than the U.S.

[alanposting]

06:22 PM on 07/17/2011

Oh, he has done nothing but "take money from the corrupt upper money class and give it to the poor", what on earth is he thinking about......P.S...check it out, Cuba does have a better health care than the U.S. has, in fact most of the western world does. I loved, "who are they going to fight", I would suggest you do a little history of central and south America....

[professor]

04:29 AM on 07/17/2011

Let's see if I can euphemize past the dread Modrator.
Cesar Chavez did what Robin Hood did. He expropriated wealth from the upper classes in order to better the lives of the lower classes. This makes him anathema to:
A. Those employees of American kerperations who post on here. They will do as ordered.
B. The Greet Lacking-Bathwaters. They do the bidding of the Soontobeintrooblenetwork. That has an ef in its name.

[armed patriot]

08:00 AM on 07/17/2011

When you can't even get your favorite dictator's first name right.....the rest of your post doesn't really matter, does it?

Try "Hugo".

[celtcalgal]

12:23 PM on 07/17/2011

I understood his post sans spelling.

[jerry48]

09:37 AM on 07/17/2011

another idiot

[Harley Alderson]

03:52 AM on 07/17/2011

im no fan of hugo and his policies but i do wish him well. cancer is a hell of a thing to have. i really hope he comes through this and becomes a better person for it. the guy has tons of potential to be one of the great men in the world because he does care a lot about the poor

[jerry48]

09:38 AM on 07/17/2011

where r u people coming from!!!!!!!!

[Dantee]

02:10 AM on 07/17/2011

VIVA CHAVEZ! VIVA FIDEL! Wish we had strong patriotic leadership in the US! Imagine the posibilities!

[cmcclarty]

04:41 AM on 07/17/2011

He would do here like he does there shut down and censor media at a flash anytime.There are a lot of people there that would tell you a different story but they are afraid of being killed for free speech. Something you still can enjoy.

[rng1]

12:58 PM on 07/17/2011

You're so right!

[Dantee]

02:05 AM on 07/17/2011

Look at all the SHEEPLE coming out of the woodwork! Not knowing anything about Chavez or his country or the people of Venezuela and knowing nothing of Cuba or Fidel Castro or the relation of the US to that Island Nation and the half century of harsh sanctions imposed by the US! But they all seem to carry that foxnews dictated hatred for the Cubans and Venezuelans with no concept as to why! The newfound teabag mentality is spreading like a disease! It breeds!

[tastles2001]

02:36 AM on 07/17/2011

Say it again.....so true

[asmir]

04:00 AM on 07/17/2011

tastles2001 my comment was meant for hmolina910 so there's no need to trash me! when comments are moderated they fall where they fall!

[Dead Che]

07:59 AM on 07/17/2011

What is it with you commies and you affection for thugish dictators? Your inability to see the true results of the system you espouse has always amazed me.

[Dantee]

09:59 AM on 07/17/2011

What is it about you who are uneducated and try to appear intellectual commenting on issues you know nothing about? You know nothing about Venezuela or Hugo Chavez, nothing about Cuba and Castro, nothing about US relations to these countries or the history of those relations! You don't bother to look into matters to find a reason for your opinion, but rather, take something you've heard, perhaps that someone is a dictater, or has commited some injustice and you run with it! Perhaps you heard the well worn phrase 'anti American' Venezuelan President over and over repeated on foxnews! That was played all through the Bush years because it was well known that the US and our CIA were planning to get rid of Chavez. And of course the entire world (except for the American teabag party) knows that the US will use any means to achieve their objectives and international laws aren't relevant! But during that time when we were experiencing a tough winter and Americans were suffering fuel shortages for heating, President Chavez was sending heating oil to needy Americans. He was never 'anti American'! He was anti corrupt and emperialistic American government just as many Americans are! Stop and think for yourself and you will make informed opinions of the issues and understand more of own government! The truth is available and you can trust your own information. If you have it dictated for you, it might be adjusted and therefore, misleading!

[Dantee]

10:50 AM on 07/17/2011

What amazes and saddens me is that there will always be those of you who are so uninformed and poorly educated but still insist on attempting comment on subjects you know nothing about! You obviously know nothing of the US relation to Venezuela or Cuba, the conflicts between them, the sanctions imposed, the diplomatic contentions! But you will not look into the information available, the well-known history nor the obvious! You have your views and beliefs and emotions dictated! That is sad, but we will still make fun of you!