Venezuelan government says Hugo Chavez suffered complications from surgery, recovering

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s government says President Hugo Chavez suffered complications during his cancer surgery in Cuba but is recovering.

Information Minister Ernesto Villegas says Chavez suffered “bleeding” that required, as he put it, “corrective measures.”

He said on Thursday that Chavez was recovering favourably two days after the operation.

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