It’s back to Cuba for another round of chemo:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...cer-fight.html
Chavez Chooses Cuba Over Brazil for Chemotherapy in His Battle With Cancer
By Charlie Devereux - Jul 15, 2011 9:30 PM PT
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he’ll fly to Cuba today for a second stage of treatment involving chemotherapy as he fights cancer in what he has called the “battle of my life.”
....Cuba was chosen over Brazil because it will be easier for Chavez to keep his exact prognosis a secret, said Jose Vicente Carrasquero, a political analyst at the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas.
“In Brazil, it would be very difficult to keep people in the dark about what’s going on because public opinion would demand answers and the Brazilian media would investigate,” Carrasquero said in a phone interview. “In Cuba, the president’s health will be handled like a state secret.”
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