Caracas, 25 mar (EFE).-the Venezuela President, Hugo Chávez, announced today from Cuba on Thursday will return to his country, until the conclusion of the five sessions of radiotherapy which started on the island, in a new treatment in his fight against cancer afflicting.
“We arrived last night at Havana and last night applied me the first session of radiotherapy, fortunately without any problem,” the head of State in a telephone call played live by State television reported.
Chavez said that when completed next Wednesday night the fifth application “of this first stage” of radiotherapy, the next day returns to Caracas.
“must be in Venezuela, God willing, Thursday 29 (…) and will after two days, rather three days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, return (to Cuba) for five sessions more”, said.
The rulers said he gave details about the case because of “versions” that have emerged in his country that traveled to Cuba last night: “without the permission of the National Assembly and that I’m going to spend here one month, two months”.
“No, no, no.” “Explain this before versions or doubts that there may be”, said.
Difference of in the past, the unicameral National Assembly has not met to grant prescriptive permit establishing the Constitution for absence of the President, but only when they are exceeding five days.
Chavez has initiated the radiotherapy treatment a month after surgery on a new cancerous tumor, recurrence of cancer for which he underwent in June of last year also in Cuba.
The ruler returned last night to the Cuban capital just one week of stay in the country during his last stay of 21 days recovering from a third surgery.
This was held on 26 February and served to remove a tumor two centimeters that turned out to be cancerous and which only has reported that it is in the pelvic area, in the same area from where a first cancerous tumor was extracted in June of last year.
“I’m going to be going and coming,” said last night dismissed after previously indicated that “is possible” that some sessions of radiotherapy are made in Venezuela, about which he said is will be evaluated, although “the most important thing, there or here, is the effectiveness of the treatment,” he stressed.
Chavez has ensured that it has no metastasis and hoped their full recovery, so it has not renounced dispute the Presidency in the elections of October 7.
In those elections, the President of 57 years, aspires to a third re-election against the candidate of the opposition, Henrique Capriles. EFE