CARACAS (Reuters) – the Chairman of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, is in good physical condition in Cuba after a new operation in which are you removed completely a lesion in the pelvic area, which had already been treated for cancer, said on Tuesday the Government.
Vice President Elias Jaua said that Chávez will begin a recovery treatment and added that tissues that were removed to determine the steps to follow will be analyzed in the next few hours.
Own representative of the South American oil country warned last week that there was a good chance that the new injury was carcinogenic and that could lead to treatment of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
“(La_operación) was carried out as planned obtaining a satisfactory result, whereupon scheduled a recovery plan to meet in the coming days.” “President Chavez is in good physical condition,” said Jaua reading a communiqué dated in Havana.
“Was the total removal of the pelvic injury diagnosed, removing also the surrounding tissue.” There were no complications related to local bodies. The immediate post-operative has been clinically stable without systemic complications. “Recovers properly”, added the Vice President at an event at the National Assembly.
After months of treatment last year, military retired 57-year-old said he had overcome cancer, but last week surprised everyone with the announcement of his relapse.
The health of Chavez, who has been 13 years in power, is a key factor in the political future of the nation which on October 7 will go to the polls to choose between the Socialist leader and the only opposition, the young Governor Henrique Capriles candidate.
Medical specialists said that Chávez must again pass through medical treatment, their participation in the electoral campaign would be seriously limited.
At the same time, some analysts believe that an election without Chávez as a candidate would more likely Capriles, that after his great victory in the primaries of the opposition looks like a figure with greater capacity to confront the President.
However, Chavez still has broad support in the most poor of the country thanks, largely, to the dozens of plans of direct subsidies to the population financed with multimillion-dollar oil of the Member of the OPEC country income
In touch
Jaua said that the agent is in continuous contact with him and his ministers and that it will keep “timely informed” the Venezuelans about the treatment that you will receive.
Various rumors about the real state of health of Chavez abound in the Venezuelan media and social networks, a phenomenon which is encouraged by the limited information given by the Government. Even today it is unknown the exact location and the type of cancer that was detected the President last year.
Earlier Tuesday two sources had assured that the President underwent Monday an exploratory laparoscopy of about 90 minutes. The technique allows the vision of the abdominal pelvic cavity.
The Government not explained when performed intervention in which he was removed the injury.
The Minister of defence, Henry Rangel Silva, said on Tuesday night that the armed forces took with a “profound joy” information on the health of Chavez and assured that the President will receive the same country who left to go to Cuba.
“Which they think that this country, because our Commander is in a period of recovery will be different, they are wrong,” he added, and said the weekend there were a destabilizing attempt by invasions of land in the West of the capital.
Bonds are still jumping
The reaction of the Venezuelan debt market remained positive before the speculation that, again, the Socialist leader who has nationalized large sectors of the economy faces a long recovery process.
The Agency rating agency Fitch said Tuesday that renewed concerns about the health of Chavez have added a shadow of uncertainty about Venezuela’s economy and the political environment prior to the presidential elections.
Referential bonus of sovereign debt of Venezuela, the title to the 2027 with coupon of 9.25 percent, was up nearly 1 percent at a price of 91.50 per cent.
The Global 27 rose a 6.25 percent last week when the President announced that he could be on the verge of a new battle against cancer, according to estimates by BBO.
“It is possible that the operation of the President have implications both in a physical change of the representative and a rest period.” “Clearly the return of cancer barely eight months after his first operation would not be a very positive sign for the President”, said the BBO Financial Services firm in a note to clients.
Country of Venezuela measured by the index EMBI + JPMorgan – risk that takes into account the difference in risk between local and comparable bonds of United States – fell significantly for fifth consecutive session. It lost 44 basis points to 861 units.
(Additional report of Marianna Párraga in Caracas and Nelson Acosta in Havana); (Edited by Cesar Illiano)
