Venezuela’s Chavez fighting severe lung infection

By Ian James, Associated Press

Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 | 10:16 a.m.

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is being treated for "respiratory deficiency" after complications from a severe lung infection, his government said, pointing to a deepening crisis for the ailing 58-year-old president. Chavez hasn't spoken publicly or been seen since his Dec. 11 operation in Cuba, and the latest report from his government Thursday night increased speculation that he is unlikely to be able to be sworn in for another term as scheduled in less than a week. It was the first time the government has described the lung infection as "severe," and the strongest confirmation yet that Chavez ...

Associated Press writers Jorge Rueda in Caracas and Adriana Gomez Licon in Mexico City contributed to this report.

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By FreedomRadio (Joan Respondi)

Jan. 4, 2013

11:20 a.m.

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Venezuela will be liberated soon.
By mikegino

Jan. 4, 2013

11:26 a.m.

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Hugo looks like Mister Potato Head. I won't miss him.