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Nicolas Maduro, Mr Chavez’s preferred successor, said the president’s latest surgery in Cuba had been “complex, difficult, delicate”.
He urged Venezuelans to pray for the 58-year-old president, and to face the “hard days” ahead calmly.
Mr Chavez is in stable condition after his fourth operation, Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said.
Mr Maduro was speaking alongside National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello and Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez, who had both joined Mr Chavez on his trip to Cuba. The president’s children and grandchildren were also with him in Havana.
A solemn Mr Maduro, his voice cracking, said: “It was a complex, difficult, delicate operation,” which meant that “the post-operative process is also going to be a complex and hard process”.
Before Mr Maduro spoke, state television showed footage of Venezuelans praying for the president at a Mass.
Mr Chavez remains in Cuba and there has been no indication when he will return.
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa, who had also flown to Havana to be with Mr Chavez, said it had been a “very delicate operation”, adding: “He gives us all strength.” — BBC.
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