CARACAS (Reuters) – the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, will be operated the first days of next week in Cuba from an injury that could be carcinogenic, but will continue ruling from the island by the time necessary because Parliament allowed him to leave the country without that designates a substitute.
The Socialist President said that he will travel Friday to Havana to prepare for intervention, which will determine the severity of the injury found in the same area where he was removed a malignant tumor about the size of a baseball ball last year.
The result of intervention will be key to the political scene in the South American oil country, which in October will go to the polls to decide if Chavez continues to command for another six years or if it comes to power an opposition front after 13 uninterrupted years of leadership of the retired military.
“Will make all the effort you have to do to drive them to you, even in the worst of my personal difficulties, a new victory on October 7 (…)” “I don’t care anything”, said the Thursday night in a massive event, in which said thousands of followers is trained for a new mandate.
“This event is not farewell, I’m going there same and back”, expressed in the Act in which said he dreamed with Christ telling him that you wake up because it wasn’t time to die.
Hours before, in a Council of Ministers transmitted in radio and television station, reported that “the surgery will be the first days of next week, Monday or Tuesday (…)” I’ll probably be in Cuba for several days. “We do not know exactly how many, but they will not be many”.
In the morning, the National Assembly approved his application for indefinite travel to Cuba without a replacement, regardless of the opposition argued that in a “temporary absence” to prevent him from exercising power, the Vice President must take command.
Opposition Deputy Alfonso Marquina argued that “not is it can govern from any other point other than the national territory (…)” “We demand compliance with the national Constitution, allowing the trip of the President (…) but Venezuela must be someone responsible for the Presidency”.
La Constitution provides that the Vice President is responsible for the Presidency when there are “temporary absence” and the ruling party considers that the temporary absence does not refer to a physical absence but the inability to govern.
During his convalescence from last year, Chávez ruled sporadically from Cuba by delegating minimal roles in some of his ministers and the use of electronic signatures.
“From there (Cuba) will continue ruling”, said his colleagues who ordered begin the campaign and strategy advancing social programs that promotes as vital to his socialist revolution.
Offers information
The Government has not revealed the type or exact location of the cancer that pacified it, what has raised various theories about their real state of health repeatedly.
The last weekend, rumors about a relapse of Chávez flooded the oil country, the head of State had to meet on Tuesday with the unveiling of a new injury to surprise.
“If (the injury) is malignant, must be entering another phase, probably of localized radiation therapy,” said Chavez and then reiterated that the chances that is malignant are greater than the that is benign.
The news prompted analysts to revise the political scene before the elections in October, in which the opposition will try to snatch power Chavez with a single candidate the young Governor Henrique Capriles.
“Are they (the opposition) which generated doubts, anxiety.” We are always informed when we believe it convenient. “And I will now be more pending to demolish the lies to give truthful information at the right time and when be Darla,” said Chávez.
“Has cancer or no cancer, they do not return”, stated.
The ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV) of Venezuela ratified Wednesday Chavez as its candidate for the presidential elections and the Government closed ranks around their leader rejecting rumours of a possible succession. Chavez named his command to the election campaign, which begins on July 1.
While Chávez spoke, the Supreme Court of Justice reported that it fined the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of the opposition coalition Democratic Unity table (MUD), Teresa Albanes, by not complying with the order to destroy not the lists of voters who participated in the primary.
Albanian said that he expects to know the text of the fine before deciding.
Bonds break maximum
In both the sovereign debt of Venezuela marked highs on Thursday with investors increasing their bets in the high volatile bond yields local, in the heat of rising expectations in the market that a change of Government would be closely.
The Venezuelan reference bonus due to the 2027 climbed a 2.25 percent, to 84,625. The yield fell to 11,52%, according to data from Thomson Reuters.
The Global 27 scored a maximum price of almost two years.
“The bonds of Venezuela and PDVSA would remain well supported by the increase in the expectations of the market of a change of administration in the country”. “Continue recommending long debt of PDVSA and the sovereign in hard currency positions,” said Credit Suisse in a note to clients.
In both the bond of the State Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) with maturity to the 2022 and 12.75 percent coupon scored a profit of 4.68 percent, slightly below the record year of 5.05 per cent that marked earlier in the day, up to 98,96 percent.
The bonus due to the 2022, another role widely followed by investors for its attractive 12.5 percent coupon, closed at 104,063 percent, the highest level it has achieved since its launch in August 2010.
(Additional report of Marianna Párraga and Mario Naranjo); (Edited by Cesar Illiano and Silene RamÃrez)
