CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said to continue his career for re-election despite the fact that you will receive radiotherapy after the recurrence of the cancer that was diagnosed last year, but failed to dispel doubts about his State of health.
Upon receipt of the analysis of the new cancerous tumor he removed last Monday in Cuba, the President said from Havana that there was no metastasis and was optimistic about a quick recovery in the face of a hard-fought presidential election of October.
“To the arremetidas Imperial, to the attempts of the bourgeoisie of destabilizing the country given these circumstances, our response is unity, unity, unity,” said Chavez during a television programme recorded on Saturday in Cuba and broadcast Sunday on Venezuela, looking energetic, smiling and Joker with Ministers and collaborators who were with him.
However, his relapse has strained the encouragement in the oil country, months heard the President ensure that had definitely eliminated the disease after two operations and several cycles of chemotherapy, during which travelled several times to Cuba for treatment.
“Complied with the initial phase of recovery and healing for several weeks (…)” “Let’s do a treatment of radiotherapy on the area”, said the 57-year-old leader although he did not specify when or where they would be subject to treatment.
The representative referred to his illness after an address by 90 minutes in which he joked, sang, approved resources for social programmes and ran against the opposition, which demanded that it delegated its functions while it remains convalescing in the island and reveal what type of cancer affects you.
Chávez faces the more difficult choice since that came to power 13 years ago and although he maintains high popularity ratings, disease could complicate him even more the picture to an electorate which seeks solutions to unleashed insecurity, high prices and lack of housing.
“No metastases or lymph nodes, or anything of that thank God and the proper diagnosis and rapid intervention.” “Why are so optimistic in this battle,” said Chávez.
Ratify CANDIDACY
The President of the National Assembly and head of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, ratified Chavez as the candidate of the ruling party just a few minutes after the announcement of the President, who still has not revealed when he will return to the country.
“The candidate of the Bolivarian revolution (for the elections) is called Hugo Chávez FrÃas”, said hair, one of the strong men of the ruling party, reiterating that the representative is “the only one that guarantees stability in this country”.
Vice President ElÃas Jaua, meanwhile reported that the Government will not request a change in the date of the elections scheduled for October 7.
However, in the absence of more information official, Venezuelans are wondering what physical conditions will reach the representative to the electoral campaign while rumors about the seriousness of his illness back to arreciado inside and outside the country, shaking the sovereign bonds and the State PDVSA.
In recent weeks, several media reports have become to target the disease of the representative is far more serious of what you want to see the Government, but Chavez has rejected all speculation.
One of the election questions is whether Chavez can compete with the same pace that did in past elections, when he gave speeches of several hours on television, multitudinous caravans headed across the country and presided over acts of Government and party to set guidelines and strategies.
“(La_presidenta_de_Brasil) Dilma (Rousseff) gave me advice, because she campaigned out of cancer, but gave me some ideas”, said Chavez, whose popularity had benefited last year after saying that he beat his illness.
Analysts believe that the image of “candidato-enfermo” would be fatal to the aspirations of Chávez’s rule six years more the country partner of OPEC, while a fast recovery could play in his favour at the polls to deal with energy and youth of contender, Governor Henrique Capriles.
Since that Capriles was elected as a single opposition candidate to confront Chavez in an unprecedented primary election in February, the candidate of 39 years has remained cautious about the condition of the President.
There was no immediate reaction from the opposition leader, who days ago when Chavez announced his breakdown of health wished him a “rapid improvement” and then added: “so you see the democratic changes that come in Venezuela”.
Capriles is embarked on a campaign to the length and breadth of the country, with acts of street that runs House by House in poor neighborhoods, plays basketball with young people and gives speeches promising more jobs, more security and less corruption.
On Sunday, allies of opposition leader denounced an alleged group of Chavez supporters tried to disperse with shots a walk of supporting Capriles in a poor neighborhood of Caracas, injuring two people and stoking fears of a resurgence of political violence in the polarized oil nation with a view to the presidential elections.
(Written by Enrique Andrés pretzel)
