| English language source but no new news. |
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez underwent unscheduled surgery for a pelvic abscess in Cuba and will remain on the Caribbean island for “several days” to recover, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said.
| "Behold, a god who bleeds!" |
Chavez, who had been recovering from a knee injury sustained on May 10 before traveling to Brazil, Ecuador and Cuba this week, had tests that revealed the abscess during his official visit to the socialist nation and was operated on yesterday, Maduro said on state television, citing an official statement.
| The knee surgery is a month removed in time from the pelvic surgery. Less likely they're related. |
“Diagnostic exams revealed the existence of the pelvic abscess which prompted the immediate decision from Chavez to proceed with surgery,” the statement said.
| The diagnostic exam was likely a CT. If it were a simple abscess he could have that handled in Caracas. Venezuelan medicine for the wealthy is pretty good and Hugo as the Chief Thug would get the best. Cuban medicine for the Castro boys is decent, but Fidel (for example) required a Spanish surgeon. So this was something more than a simple abscess. |
“The operation was satisfactory and Chavez has begun the recovery process in company of his family, doctors and part of his cabinet. His medical team believes that in a few days the president will be in a condition to return safely to Venezuela.”
| If he doesn't we'll know something is seriously wrong. |
During his foreign visits this week Chavez used a small metal crutch to walk to relieve pressure on his knee. |
