Venezuela: Hugo Chavez’s respiratory problems have gotten worse, condition ‘very delicate’

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s government says that President Hugo Chavez’s respiratory problems have gotten worse and that the ailing leader is in “very delicate” condition.

Communications Minister Ernesto Villegas said late Monday in a statement read on national television that the cancer-stricken socialist leader has a “severe infection.”

The 58-year-old Chavez first revealed an unspecified cancer in the pelvic region in June 2011, and reported undergoing radiation treatment and chemotherapy after earlier operations. He underwent cancer surgery in Cuba on Dec. 11 and flew back to Caracas on Feb. 18.

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