Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Significant dates in Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's health struggle

Significant dates in Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's health struggle
By the CNN Wire Staff
May 9, 2012 -- Updated 0409 GMT (1209 HKT)

(CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is battling cancer. Health
problems began to pop up for him a year ago. Here are some key dates,
according to government statements, local media accounts and CNN reporting:

May 9, 2011 -- Chavez calls in to Venezuelan state television and says
that he's canceling a scheduled trip to Brazil because of debilitating
pain in his knee requiring doctor-ordered bed rest.

June 5-7, 2011 -- Chavez visits Brazil and Ecuador and heads to Cuba,
scheduled as the third leg of an international trip.

June 10, 2011 -- Venezuelan government officials announce that doctors
in Cuba performed emergency surgery on Chavez to treat a pelvic abscess.

June 23, 2010 -- Venezuelan government officials go on the offensive as
media reports suggest Chavez could have cancer. In a Twitter post,
Venezuelan Vice Foreign Minister Temir Porras said Chavez's enemies
should "stop dreaming," adding that "the only thing that has
metastasized is the cancer of The Miami Herald and the rest of the
right-wing media."

June 29, 2011 -- Venezuela's government cancels a conference for Latin
American leaders in the capital of Caracas because of Chavez's illness.

June 30, 2011 -- In a speech broadcast on Venezuelan state television
from Havana, Chavez reveals that doctors have removed a cancerous tumor
from his body. He does not specify what type of cancer he is battling.

July 4, 2011 -- Chavez returns to Venezuela after more than three weeks
of treatment in Cuba.

July 16-23, 2011 -- Chavez undergoes his first cycle of chemotherapy in
Cuba. Before leaving Venezuela, he delegates some of his power to Vice
President Elias Jaua and Finance Minister Jorge Giordani.

August 1, 2011 -- The Venezuelan president appears on state television
with a shaved head, telling viewers it is a sign that his cancer
treatment is working.

August 7-14, 2011 -- Chavez undergoes a second cycle of chemotherapy in
Cuba.

August 27, 2011 -- Chavez announces he will undergo a third round of
chemotherapy in a military hospital in Caracas.

September 18-22, 2011 -- Chavez undergoes a fourth round of chemotherapy
in Cuba.

October 16, 2011 -- Chavez travels to Cuba for medical tests.

October 20, 2011 -- After five days of medical tests in Cuba, Chavez
says he's beaten cancer. "There are no malignant cells in this body.
They don't exist," he says.

January 7, 2012 -- Chavez restarts his weekly Sunday television program
and speaks for more than three hours.

January 13, 2012 -- Chavez speaks for more than nine hours during a
State of the Union speech in Venezuela's National Assembly.

February 20, 2012 -- Rumors swirl on social media after journalist
Nelson Bocaranda, without naming sources, writes that Chavez was in
serious condition and doctors are treating him in Cuba. The report draws
ire from Venezuelan officials. "Regarding the rumors, dirty war of
swine," Information Minister Andres Izarra writes in a Twitter post.

February 21, 2012 -- While touring a tractor factory in Venezuela's
Barinas state, Chavez announces that he will undergo surgery to remove a
lesion from the same area where doctors removed a cancerous tumor from
his body last year. He does not specify where the lesion was found, but
says it was roughly 2 centimeters in diameter.

February 24-March 16, 2012 -- Chavez travels to Cuba for cancer surgery
and treatment.

March 25-29, 2012 -- Chavez travels to Cuba for radiation treatment

March 31-April 4, 2012 -- The Venezuelan president undergoes a second
round of radiation treatment in Cuba.

April 6, 2012 -- During a Holy Thursday Mass in his home state of
Barinas, Chavez tears up at times as he discusses his struggle with
cancer. "Christ ... give me life, because I still have things to do for
the people and this country. Do not take me yet," he says.

April 7-11, 2012 -- Chavez undergoes a third round of radiation
treatment in Cuba.

April 14, 2012 -- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro announces
that Chavez will not attend the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena,
Colombia.

April 26, 2012 -- Chavez returns to Caracas after 11 days of treatment
in Cuba.

May 2, 2012 -- Chavez names 10 Venezuelans to a new Council of State,
stipulated in the Venezuelan Constitution as the highest circle of
advisers to the president. The timing of the appointments is
significant, as speculation increases over who will succeed Chavez if he
becomes too ill to govern, or if he dies.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/09/world/americas/venezuela-chavez-health-timeline/index.html?eref=rss_latest

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