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Opposition Demands Expert Evaluation of Chavez Health

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<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">MEXICO</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> (RIA Novosti) - Venezuelan
opposition politicians demanded the authorities to allow an expert evaluation
of whether President Hugo Chavez is fit for presidential duties, Mexican media
reported on Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The opposition said official reports about
the health of the president, who underwent his fourth operation to remove
cancerous tissue in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Cuba</st1:country-region></st1:place>
on December 11, were vague.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Carlos Vecchio demanded the country’s
Supreme Court to set up a commission of doctors who would evaluate the
president’s health condition. He also said that a group of lawmakers should
visit <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Cuba</st1:country-region></st1:place>
for an unbiased report on Chavez’s health.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">“We are being told that the president calls
[Vice-President Nicolas] Maduro. However, after his previous surgeries in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cuba</st1:place></st1:country-region> Chavez
always made direct calls to [Venezuelan state TV] VTV. He does not do it
anymore,” Vecchio said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Opposition leader Julio Borges added: “There
is no information, no desire to tell the truth to Venezuelans.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Chavez, 58, who has ruled <st1:country-region w:st="on">Venezuela</st1:country-region> for 13 years, underwent three
operations for cancer and four courses of chemotherapy in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Cuba</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Venezuela</st1:country-region></st1:place> within a year. He agreed
to the fourth surgery after recent tests had revealed malignant cells.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">He is scheduled to be inaugurated to a new
six-year presidential term on January 10, 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Opposition Demands Expert Evaluation of Chavez Health

MEXICO (RIA Novosti) - Venezuelan opposition politicians demanded the authorities to allow an expert evaluation of whether President H...