Days After Cancer Surgery Hugo Chavez Says He‘s Recovering ’Like a Soaring Condor’
- Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:07pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez made headlines recently as he flew to Cuba to undergo urgent surgery to remove a tumor. Now, breaking his silence on Wednesday post-surgery, the Venezuelan president insisted he was recovering well and “soaring like the condor.”
“I send you all my supreme love. We will live and we will recover!” the 57-year-old socialist leader enthused via Twitter from Havana.
“Here I go, soaring like the condor.”
Still, despite his upbeat demeanor, Reuters reports that some sources, including a prominent pro-opposition Venezuelan journalist, suggested Chavez’s cancer has metastasized and could be life-threatening.
The Telegraph adds:
His credibility has taken a beating too, since he pronounced late last year that he had completely recovered, yet has had to return to Havana for more surgery on what he described as a possibly cancerous lesion in the same area.
There has been no word on when Chavez will return, prompting opposition calls for a replacement to be named.
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has long been Chavez’s personal and political mentor, and the Venezuelan leader prefers to go to Havana because there is less chance of media leaks.
Chavez’s rival for the Oct. 7 poll is Henrique Capriles, a 39-year-old state governor who hopes to woo former Chavez voters with a promise of a Brazilian-style “modern left” government.
Telegraph adds that Venezuelans are sympathetic to Chavez and still favor him as the candidate to beat given his emotional connection with the poor and heavy spending on welfare projects.
(h/t: WZ)
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Comments (56)
Satrix
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 10:22pmSoaring like a condor? Aren’t condors vultures?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 10:34pmI’ll be happy when he is a dead duck! He is evil …
Report Post »Nick84
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 12:50amCATB-
I noticed some of your comments on the article about liberals‘ tweets on Andrew Breitbart’s death. Here is one of them:
CatB
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 11:21am
“Even in Death .. he is exposing the LEFT for WHO THEY ARE .. VILE !!
Rest in Peace Andrew .. and condolences to his family .. HE TRULY WILL BE MISSED.”
You also seemed to agree with this comment by matinva
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 11:20am
“‘Common decency’? The left is not capable of ‘common decency’. Never has been. They are just like cockroaches. The only thing they understand is the heel of a boot.”
Your reply to that comment:
CatB
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 11:22am
“Exactly .. Andrew provided LIGHT and cockroaches don’t like the LIGHT!
RIP Andrew.”
It seems you are disgusted that liberals were happy a man they opposed died, however you are wishing for the death of someone you disagree with. You really should work on your hypocrisy.
Report Post »ktmrider1
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 9:22pmlets hope he crashes and burns straight to hell
Report Post »TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 8:59pmThe “people” love him until the honey hole dries up and he gives out of goodies…Greece is tasting dirt right about now cause they sucked all the life out of their gimmies- we are heading there very fast.
Report Post »carbonyes
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 8:46pmA damn shame! Chavez is one that it would not grieve me to see amongst the not so dearly departed.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 11:22amI don‘t think we’ll have long to wait.
Report Post »TheCoffinMaker
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 8:19pmCommies are some creepy bastards.
The way they talk, the way they look, the way they think.
look no farther than the circus we call our government.
…a bunch of nasty misfits.
Report Post »MFHorn3
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 8:08pmI think he meant to say he is soaring like the Costa Concordia.
Report Post »sermaus
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 8:03pmA plummeting one perhaps
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:54pmOnly the good die young,and then there’s Hugo.
Report Post »bornagaincowgirl
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:51pmSoaring like the vulture that he is.
Report Post »deano24
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 9:46pmHe looks like a condor with that bald head of his.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Condor&view=detail&id=765E044AA38A0CA2BE0E66EC1BADA62E983FD840&first=0&qpvt=Condor&FORM=IDFRIR
Report Post »TexasPeach
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:44pmI hope you get what you deserve
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:44pmIts highly unlikely that fart face Hugo is “soaring like the condor.” More like a pesky mosquito buzzing around sucking the blood of people and spreading disease.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:42pmI would have picked a bird other than a scavenger that eats rotting carcasses. But whatever floats your boat commie.
Report Post »TexasPeach
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:42pmI know I am not supposed to hope that he will burn eternally in hell…so
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:40pmSoaring like a condor, crashing like Icarus, we can only hope……Just sayin’
Report Post »MammalOne
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:38pmlol “soaring like a condor”
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:30pmMaybe he’s geting the surgery from those guys in Nat Geo that do it with their fingers and chanting. We can only hope!!
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:36pmAh yes the venerable shamen witch doctor,maybe the doc could reach in and scoop out his brains wait he has no brains he’s a socialist.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:25pmThe oppressor lives to continue his reign of terror,when will you leave this earthly realm to meet your creator,wormwood?
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:22pmIf he is a soaring condor then may he slam into the cliffs enough times to rid the world of his presence.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:42pmClang! Bring out your Dead.
Report Post »Hey this one isn’t dead yet.
Hugo: I’m getting better.
You’re not fooling anyone you know.
MiCurmudgeon
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:20pmI always knew he was flighty and a bird brain.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:18pmSecond surgery, not so good. Poor guy, as much as I think he is a bad person, I don’t wish cancer on anyone. That said, karma is.
Report Post »Central washington
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:17pmHe may live a few more days, years or even a couple of decades but this is all he is going to get. All communist leaders put all of their eggs into this present life. Since all communists are athiests he has a very bleak future, so now he will be getting his short reward here on earth. Hopefully he will repent before this life is over.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:17pmAnother fat pig dictator who’s money and power cannot buy everlasting life. I hope when he drops dead the people of venezuela can be free and prosperous.
Report Post »mattmo79
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:15pmI hope this SOB drops dead soon!!
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:12pmHis days are numbered………….period.
Report Post »MYHEROISRON
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:18pmSoaring like a Condom? Look, rubber boy, condoms, after used, usually go in the trash. Are you saying you have soared into the trash? Damn commies are morons … huh?
Report Post »chameleonx
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:11pmGet better fast Chavez. We need you back in Venezuela. Thanks to the Cuban doctors who helped Hugo Chavez.
Report Post »Central washington
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 7:51pmLike I said he is having a very short reward with his few years. Same with Castro, Stalin, Lenin, Pol Pot, Mao, they all face a bleak eternity in hell. Say can you tell me which communist nation has an illegal immigration problem,, you know like people storming to get in?
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