Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned to Caracas after more than two months of cancer treatment in Cuba. The 58-year old, who has never revealed what cancer he has, will continue his treatment at a military hospital in the Venezuelan capital.
CARACAS�Venezuelan President Hugo Ch�vez made a surprise return home Monday, after more than two months of seclusion in Cuba for cancer treatment.
But his arrival back in Caracas is unlikely to quell speculation that his delicate health could force him from office after 14 years in charge of the oil-rich South American nation.
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Close ReutersSupporters in Caracas celebrate the homecoming Monday of President Hugo Ch�vez, who will continue his cancer treatment at a military hospital.
Mr. Ch�vez was taken to the Dr. Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital in Caracas, where he will continue his anticancer regimen, according to a Twitter message from Venezuelan Science and Technology Minister Jorge Arreaza, who is also the president's son-in-law.
The 58-year-old president, who until Friday hadn't been seen while in Cuba, announced his return with a series of messages on Twitter. "We have arrived once again to the Venezuelan fatherland. Thank you my God! Thank you my beloved people! Here we will continue the treatment," he wrote in his first posts on the social media site since Nov. 1.
Hours after his return, supporters filled plazas across the country. In downtown Caracas, revelers clad in the color red of Mr. Ch�vez's Socialist party congregated in the Plaza Bol�var, cheering as fireworks exploded overhead and breaking out in chants praising Mr. Ch�vez.
"All of Venezuela, all of Latin America, is happy he is home," said Jose Macuare, a 46-year-old community organizer for the president's party.
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