Chávez begins recovery after ‘successful’ surgery

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s cancer operation was a complete success, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said.

In a broadcast on state TV, Maduro said the surgery in Cuba was complicated and had lasted more than six hours.

«My dear friend and colleague, Commander Hugo Chavez, is going through the toughest times of his life,» Rafael Correa had said earlier in Ecuador.

Source: Buenos Aires Herald