Hugo Chavez Cancer

Chavez's Cancer Stand-In

AP | FABIOLA SANCHEZ | Posted 05.17.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela -- After nearly a year of cancer treatment that has forced President Hugo Chavez to step back from the spotlight, a burly former bu...

Chavez Prays For Divine Intervention

AP | CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER | Posted 05.07.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has spent much of his career praising the socialist ideas of famed atheists such as Karl M...

Chavez Describes Radiation Therapy As 'Rough'

AP | FABIOLA SANCHEZ | Posted 04.24.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reappeared on television Monday after an eight-day silence, scoffing at rumors that his he...

Venezuela Denies President Died In Cuba

Reuters | Posted 04.24.2012

By Anthony Boadle CARACAS, April 23 (Reuters) - Officials in President Hugo Chavez's government denied rumors that the leftist leader ...

Chavez's Electoral Hopes Unaffected By Cancer

AP | IAN JAMES | Posted 04.12.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela -- With less than six months left until Election Day, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has hardly hit the campaign trail. Instead, ...

'I'm Going To Cuba To Continue The Battle For Life'

AP | JORGE RUEDA | Posted 04.09.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez flew back to Cuba late Saturday for another round of radiation therapy, telling his countrymen ...

'I'm Clinging To Life'

AP | By JORGE RUEDA | Posted 04.05.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attended Mass with family Thursday after returning from his latest round of radiation ther...

Chavez Headed Back To Cuba For Cancer Treatment

AP | JORGE RUEDA | Posted 05.31.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez traveled to Cuba on Saturday for another round of cancer treatment, saying he will be in H...

Chavez Back In Venezuela After Radiation Therapy

AP | FABIOLA SANCHEZ | Posted 05.29.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela — A new poll finds that more than 44 percent of respondents in Venezuela say they would vote for President Hugo Chavez, givin...

Chavez Arrives In Cuba For Radiation Therapy

AP | IAN JAMES | Posted 05.25.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he has begun radiation therapy in Cuba as part of cancer treatment one mo...

Chavez Tweets He's Coming Home

AP | IAN JAMES | Posted 05.16.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home Friday nearly three weeks after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba, saying he...

Hugo Chavez Coming Home To Venezuela

AP | IAN JAMES | Posted 05.11.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he plans to return home this week from Cuba and has been recovering smoot...

Chavez's Tumor Cancerous, Health Questions Linger

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012

By Andrew Cawthorne and Eyanir Chinea CARACAS, March 4 (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez said he will need radiation treatment for can...

Chavez Re-Emerges On TV

AP | Posted 05.04.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez revealed Sunday that a new tumor recently removed from his pelvic region was of the same ...

Chavez Recovering From Cancer Surgery

AP | CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER | Posted 05.02.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez said Friday he's recovering quickly from tumor surgery in Cuba, and the first photographs of the Vene...

Chavez Takes Urgent Trip To Cuba

AP | By PETER ORSI and VIVIAN SEQUERA | Posted 04.26.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's military high command reaffirmed its loyalty to President Hugo Chavez on Saturday in a public show of support a day ...

Is Chavez Sacrificing Care For Privacy?

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 04.25.2012

SAO PAULO (AP) — As Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez flies to Cuba Friday for surgery to remove a possibly cancerous growth, top doctors say he coul...

'I Will Live! I Will Live!'

AP | VIVIAN SEQUERA | Posted 04.24.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — For someone who's ill, President Hugo Chavez didn't show it Thursday as he launched into full-blown campaign mode on his l...

World Leaders Fight Cancer

Posted 04.23.2012

As Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announces that he is returning to Cuba for cancer treatment, HuffPost World takes a look at other world leaders wh...

Cancer Announcement Rocks Presidential Campaign

Reuters | Posted 04.23.2012

By Andrew Cawthorne and Daniel Wallis CARACAS, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's imminent departure for more cance...

Chavez Faces New Cancer Surgery

AP | FABIOLA SANCHEZ | Posted 04.22.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez has never been one to share decision-making authority. Now, the voluble socialist strongman and acer...

Chavez Hits The Airwaves Again

AP | IAN JAMES | Posted 03.09.2012

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez resumed his weekly television and radio program Sunday after a hiatus of seven months due ...

Cancer In Latin America: Diagnoses Of Regional Leaders Highlight Growing Problem

The Huffington Post | Ray Sanchez | Posted 12.28.2011

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez's thyroid cancer makes her the latest in a series of Latin American leaders to be diagnosed with cancer -- a re...

Hugo Chavez's Life and Death Battle

Joel D. Hirst | Posted 01.22.2012

Joel D. Hirst

On October 20th President Hugo Chavez declared himself free of cancer, however reports filtering out of Venezuela tell a different story regarding the physical condition of the bombastic president.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Says He's Cancer Free

AP | Posted 12.20.2011

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he is cancer-free, citing a series of medical exams in Cuba that showed no recurrence...