CARACAS (Reuters) – the Venezuelan Government closed ranks Wednesday in lathe of President Hugo Chávez and called the “unity of the people”, in the midst of the uncertainty that triggered the surprise announcement of the representative that must operate it again because of an injury that might be cancerous.
Chavez said on Tuesday that will be surgery lesion in the same area where removed you a tumor last year, which rocked the political scene of the country member of OPEC, face presidential elections in October.
The revelation made by the own representative occurred after having asegurdado for months that he was cured of his his illness.
The Socialist leader is the hegemonic figure in the ruling party, that in eight months face the single candidate of the opposition: the young Governor Henrique Capriles that seeks to embody a political renewal after 13 years of victories chavistas.
And the health of the military retired 57-year-old has become the key factor of the campaign for the Presidency that will seek to extend its mandate for six years.
“At the moment the message can be for the unity of the people, by the faith that President Chavez is going to succeed in this new obstacle that has given life”, said the Minister of communication, Andrés Izarra.
Analysts agree that Capriles, 39 years old, could capture an important part of the intention to vote and force Chávez, which runs with advantage in the race, to use its muscle to political and economic to impose from the place of the defender of the status quo.
“This is a test, not to the President, but to the Venezuelan people in the most difficult moments we have been able to match accompanying our Commander,” said Blanca Eekhout, second Vice-President of the National Assembly.
Capriles, defined as center-left, has said that he intends to defeat the President at the polls. On Wednesday send a message from your Twitter account: “my contender as son of God I wish you a successful operation, a speedy recovery and long life!”.
Chavez, who launched an early and tough offensive against personal attacks plagued Capriles, said that “it will have to stop” for some weeks and blankets out of the political and electoral arena.
The details of the cancer that was treated in mid-2011 has been a secret of State and subject to multiple interpretations because it has not been disclosed neither the place nor the type of tumor. In the past, Chavez placated rumors retaking their long speeches, exercising it or mocking of those who had launched them.
On Tuesday, after a day with abundant versions on his State of health, he appeared in a broadcast televised from an agro-industrial complex in his home State, Barinas and looking at camera described finding detected in tests carried out in Cuba.
“The President chose to give their information as it has always, in the face of the country (…)” “The given face and has announced to the country the information required and with the seriousness we should deal with it,” said Izarra.
The official acknowledged, however, that “there are parts that he decides to save by privacy issues, details do not want to inform”.
(Mario Naranjo report)
