Venezuelan government announces Chávez has 'severe' respiratory infection [1]

The Guardian - 1/04/13, Reuters in Caracas

Venezuelan president suffering breathing problems from respiratory infection, the government announces in latest update

Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez [2] is still suffering a "severe" respiratory infection that has hindered his breathing as he struggles to recover from cancer surgery in Cuba, the government said on Thursday.

The 58-year-old socialist leader has not been seen in public nor heard from in more than three weeks. Officials say he is in delicate condition after his fourth operation in just 18 months for an undisclosed form of cancer in his pelvic area.

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