Opposition Demands Expert Evaluation of Chavez Health

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <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> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <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> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <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> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <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> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <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> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <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> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> <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> </div>

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...

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