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Report: Chavez on life support after cancer surgery
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is in an induced coma being kept alive by life support following complications during cancer surgery, it was claimed today.
Sources at the hospital in Cuba where he is being treated told a Spanish newspaper he was showing ‘very weak’ vital signs, adding that doctors could decide to switch off the machines ‘at any moment’.
With rumours swirling that Chavez had taken a turn for the worse, Venezuela’s Vice President Nicolas Maduro said the ailing president’s condition remains ‘delicate’ three weeks after his cancer surgery.
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I don’t wish death on any man, but I won’t mourn when this one dies.
Steven Den Beste on January 2, 2013 at 1:01 PM
Grumpy Cat: Good!
Othniel on January 2, 2013 at 1:03 PM
Wouldn’t it be just too bad if one of the doctors mistook “off” for “on”?
MelonCollie on January 2, 2013 at 1:03 PM
I wonder if Obama still has that book? Telling if he does.
Oil Can on January 2, 2013 at 1:03 PM
We could donate all Sean Penn’s organs to him. Would that help?
TexasDan on January 2, 2013 at 1:04 PM
Well, if he were in England, he’d be on the Liverpool Care Path – and dead already.
Hill60 on January 2, 2013 at 1:06 PM
Just give him a pain pill.
rbj on January 2, 2013 at 1:07 PM
Maybe Michael Moore can take him to Cuba for world-class treatment. Oh wait!
stvnscott on January 2, 2013 at 1:10 PM
Gee, I’m all broken up over that.
RadClown on January 2, 2013 at 1:11 PM
Hugo’s brother must be the happiest guy on the planet ’bout now.
Jeddite on January 2, 2013 at 1:11 PM
It might not be that long till chavez gets to smell the ‘sulfur’ he said he could smell after Bush spoke at the un?
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letget on January 2, 2013 at 1:11 PM
Well at least he is in Cuba, where the finest medical care in the world exists…he couldn’t have picked a better spot to die.
right2bright on January 2, 2013 at 1:12 PM
…no doubt Sean Penn is on a private jet rushing to be at Hugo’s side…
brushman on January 2, 2013 at 1:12 PM
Cancery-ish surgery?
Fallon on January 2, 2013 at 1:12 PM
May God grant him pieces before Jan. 10.
The good people of Venezuela deserve better.
Schadenfreude on January 2, 2013 at 1:13 PM
Chavez: Never should have listened to Michael Moore!! Fricken socialized medicine! Cockroaches!
trl on January 2, 2013 at 1:13 PM
Michael Moore is sad.
Schadenfreude on January 2, 2013 at 1:13 PM
Now Sean Penn has a huge decision…do you where the Che shirt or the Hugo shirt?
right2bright on January 2, 2013 at 1:14 PM
On life support, I think the condition has gone beyond “delicate”. Maybe they could go the Kagemusha route.
ddrintn on January 2, 2013 at 1:14 PM
Put some Windex on it.
22044 on January 2, 2013 at 1:14 PM
If he is actually sick.
dogsoldier on January 2, 2013 at 1:15 PM
Cancery dancery doodle dee doo!
blatantblue on January 2, 2013 at 1:17 PM
Uh huh. They said that about Fidel years ago. These guys don’t go easy.
I hate cancer so much that I’d prefer to see him beat it, and then encounter a firing squad.
juliesa on January 2, 2013 at 1:17 PM
I’ve heard that’s the way to go.
forest on January 2, 2013 at 1:18 PM
Well, something happened where his brain was deprived of oxygen. So, they put him into a coma to reduce the swelling of his brain. Sean Penn better break out his widow weaves.
Blake on January 2, 2013 at 1:22 PM
Hope he “recovers” than has another relapse, recovers, and has another…eternal hell, kind of a cancer waterboarding…
Hey Hugo, have faith, you could recover and win the Tour de France…
right2bright on January 2, 2013 at 1:22 PM
I sounds like he may already be dead. As to whether or not him going to meet his maker is good or bad? I don’t really know. My first instinct is to say that Venezuela will be better off but that may not be the case. We will just have to wait and see how they turn out without their king to lead them.
The thing I find curious about him is that he attempted and failed at a coup back in the 90s. I would have thought that would have been high treason and would have gotten him at the very least a life sentence. I guess not and the people found it within their interests to elect him president and to support his corrupt practices. I have little sympathy for the people of Venezuela. They got what they wanted and will now have to cross their fingers that everything will not take a nose dive without dear leader.
Dr. Frank Enstine on January 2, 2013 at 1:22 PM
Video comment
Shy Guy on January 2, 2013 at 1:24 PM
Wait…he had surgery three weeks ago? So, he’s been in an induced coma for 3 weeks????
Blake on January 2, 2013 at 1:26 PM
Sean Penn on suicide watch.
Resist We Much on January 2, 2013 at 1:29 PM
Doubtful…if his craggy face is any indication.
Resist We Much on January 2, 2013 at 1:30 PM
Little did Hugo know that his insult was actually a self fulfilling prophesy.
HotAirian on January 2, 2013 at 1:31 PM
His replacement just flew to Hawaii for the remainder of his vacay…
d1carter on January 2, 2013 at 1:32 PM
President for LIFE!
Wander on January 2, 2013 at 1:35 PM
Big spot in Hell opening up at any moment.
Bigger Question:
Who will Sean Penn blow ?
Shaughnessy on January 2, 2013 at 1:36 PM
If he could only end up on that Lost island. Is being a Community Organizer a surviver skill?
Oil Can on January 2, 2013 at 1:40 PM
So…Pall Bearers…Obama and Penn? A Castro representative, Stalin’s reanimated body. Matt Damon?
cptacek on January 2, 2013 at 1:52 PM
Hopefully someone is witnessing to him before it is too late.
tom daschle concerned on January 2, 2013 at 1:52 PM
Is he in the same hospital room as our SOS?
cptacek on January 2, 2013 at 1:53 PM
..ohhhhh please! It’s like living that clown’s governatorship all over again!
The War Planner on January 2, 2013 at 1:53 PM
Obama would be attending the funeral, if only he weren’t on vacation now.
petefrt on January 2, 2013 at 2:02 PM
The translators would be knee deep in saying ‘I, Me’ in a speech from bho about the little worm chavez!
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letget on January 2, 2013 at 2:10 PM
Nice point.
Dr. Frank Enstine on January 2, 2013 at 2:11 PM
Cuba still has the best health care system in the world. Hillary should take advantage of that.
The Rogue Tomato on January 2, 2013 at 2:12 PM
Wow, he must be pretty cancery.
Ward Cleaver on January 2, 2013 at 2:15 PM
For Chavez, dying of cancer is taking the easy way out.
I, too, would rather see him executed for his crimes against his people.
UltimateBob on January 2, 2013 at 2:19 PM
Judging by the abysmal condition of the neighborhoods Bammy “organized” in Chicago, I’d say that answer to that question is a resounding NO.
Our own Dear Leader left the Chicago communities he “organized” in worse condition than he found them. But as we know from watching Hillary Clinton’s political career, a record of abject failure is nothing but a resume’ enhancer for a Democratic presidential candidate.
AZCoyote on January 2, 2013 at 2:43 PM
..for Chavez (and all of us), there is still hope! I mean, if it’s the Sean-Penn-wished-for colon cancer, the docs in Cuba can always use the patented wire-brush procedure.
The War Planner on January 2, 2013 at 2:57 PM
General Francisco Franco is still dead.
Illinidiva on January 2, 2013 at 3:03 PM
Actually, the “Lost” village scenes were filmed about 30 minutes up the coast from Dear Leader’s Winter White House in Kailua.
Del Dolemonte on January 2, 2013 at 3:19 PM