Chavez 'fighting for his life': former Venezuelan VP

January 14, 2013 08:25

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has not been seen in public for more than a month, is "fighting for his life" after cancer surgery in Cuba, former vice president Elias Jaua said.

Chavez's extended absence has fueled growing political uncertainty in Venezuela. But Jaua said the usually outspoken and ever-present leftist leader was "alive and fighting for a full recovery."

"The situation is complex and delicate, but it is true that Hugo Chavez has fought and is fighting for his life," said Jaua, who was vice president from January 2010 until October.

He spoke during a meeting in Caracas of the ruling United Socialist Party in support of Chavez. Similar meetings were held simultaneously in the cities of Zulia (northwest), Trujillo (west) and Vargas (north), and were broadcast on government television.

Chavez, whose OPEC-member nation controls the world's largest proven oil reserves, has been out of the public eye since undergoing surgery in Havana on December 11. It is the fourth such operation in the 18 months since his condition was made public.

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