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Chavez back at work

Reuters
Thursday 01 March 2012 20:19 GMT
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President Hugo Chavez is back working on government affairs after undergoing an operation in Cuba.

The 57-year-old socialist leader, who had surgery last year to remove a cancerous tumour, had a lesion in his pelvic region completely removed, Venezuelan officials said.

His renewed ill-health comes as he is set to run for re-election in October.

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