Chavez
confirmed
last
week
that
his
battle
against
cancer
has
taken
a
further
turn
for
the
worse.
A
six-hour
operation,
carried
out
by
Cuban
surgeons,
was
described
as
successful,
although
the
exact
nature
of
the
cancer
Chavez
is
suffering
from
has
not
been
clarified,
apart
from
its
location,
which
is
said
to
be
in
the
pelvic
area.
Hospital
visitors
have
included
Ecuador’s
President
Rafaelo
Correa
—
Chavez’s
closest
international
ally.
Correa
later
described
the
surgery
as
“very
delicate”.
Maduro
spoke
on
Venezuelan
television
describing
a
“complex
operation”
carried
out
“correctly
and
successfully”.
The
political
impact…
