Hugo Chavez in 'delicate' condition after surgery
January 02, 2013 22:26
Venezuela's vice-president is returning home from visiting Hugo Chvezin Cuba and said the ailing president's condition remained "delicate" three weeks after cancer surgery.
With rumours swirling that Chvez had taken a turn for the worse, Nicolas Maduro said he had met with the president twice and had spoken with him.
"He's totally conscious of the complexity of his post-operative state and he expressly asked us ' to keep the nation informed always, always with the truth, as hard as it may be in certain circumstances," Maduro said in an interview pre-recorded in Havana and broadcast on Tuesday night by the Caracas-based television network Telesur.