Jubilant Chavez at home for treatment
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August 29, 2011, Monday
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VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez checked into a military hospital on Saturday night to begin a third round of chemotherapy, this time getting the cancer treatment at home rather than in Cuba.
Chavez walked into the Dr Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital with his daughter Maria and aides.
He said his treatment has been going well and aims to prevent reappearance of cancer cells more than two months after he underwent surgery.
"I am in the best shape," Chavez said on television as he was led through the hospital. "I will come out of here strengthened."
He said earlier that he and his team of Cuban and Venezuelan doctors decided it would be right for him to undergo chemotherapy in Venezuela after his latest round of medical tests on Friday. "The conditions are in place to do this third cycle here," he said.
At the hospital Chavez said: "I am determined to continue living. It is not time to die. What we still have to do is a great deal."
Chavez, who was first elected in 1998, has vowed to bounce back and win re-election in 2012.
Before going to the hospital, he appeared on a balcony of the presidential palace waving to a crowd of cheering supporters. They included a group that played Afro-Venezuelan music, beating on drums and dancing. Some chanted: "Onward, commander!"
Chavez swung his hips to the music and saluted black Venezuelans, saying: "Down with racism."
Chavez expressed optimism that he is overcoming cancer.
He said he was making arrangements with his vice president, Elias Jaua, and other officials to "continue with this rhythm of treatment."
Chavez walked into the Dr Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital with his daughter Maria and aides.
He said his treatment has been going well and aims to prevent reappearance of cancer cells more than two months after he underwent surgery.
"I am in the best shape," Chavez said on television as he was led through the hospital. "I will come out of here strengthened."
He said earlier that he and his team of Cuban and Venezuelan doctors decided it would be right for him to undergo chemotherapy in Venezuela after his latest round of medical tests on Friday. "The conditions are in place to do this third cycle here," he said.
At the hospital Chavez said: "I am determined to continue living. It is not time to die. What we still have to do is a great deal."
Chavez, who was first elected in 1998, has vowed to bounce back and win re-election in 2012.
Before going to the hospital, he appeared on a balcony of the presidential palace waving to a crowd of cheering supporters. They included a group that played Afro-Venezuelan music, beating on drums and dancing. Some chanted: "Onward, commander!"
Chavez swung his hips to the music and saluted black Venezuelans, saying: "Down with racism."
Chavez expressed optimism that he is overcoming cancer.
He said he was making arrangements with his vice president, Elias Jaua, and other officials to "continue with this rhythm of treatment."
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