President Hugo Chavez is on the road to recovery after surgery in Cuba to remove a lesion in the same area where he had cancer last year, Vice-President Elias Jaua said on Wednesday after speaking wit

Doctors successfully extracted a tumour from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's pelvic region and he was stable and recovering today with family at his side, his vice president announced.

"President

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez has raised serious doubts about whether he'll have the stamina for a successful re-election bid, revealing that he needs to return to Cuba to have a lesion removed that

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday he will undergo surgery in the coming days to remove a ‘lesion’ in the same area where a cancerous tumour was extracted in mid-2011.

Chavez, who face

Cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has between nine and 12 months to live, his doctors said.

Doctors have prescribed him a high dose of pain-killers, which account for his recent flurry

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, who suffered from cancer, has been told by doctors that he has less than a year to live.

Chavez, 56, declared himself cancer-free after undergoing surgery in Cuba to

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday questioned whether the United States could be giving cancer to Latin American leaders, after Argentina's Cristina Kirchner was diagnosed with the disease.

The Venezuelan navy recently chased off a 'nuclear-powered submarine' that violated its territorial waters, President Hugo Chavez said, without pointing to any specific country.

In a televised call t

Hugo Chavez appeared on Cuban state television on Tuesday, alongside revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, for the first time since the Venezuelan president underwent emergency surgery here.

The 56-year-o

Fire ripped through a prison where thousands of Venezuelan troops struggled to put down a revolt by inmates as dozens of horrified relatives tried to watch the fighting.

Officials gave few descripti