Hugo Chavez’s Surgery and the Politics of Deception

On February 21, President Hugo Chavez told the Venezuelan people he will soon undergo another round of surgery. The breaking story was characteristically brief and uninformative. Chavez said doctors had detected a new lesion in the area of previous cancer surgery. He claimed the lesion is small. Following the removal of an undisclosed malignancy in June 2011 and repeated rounds of chemotherapy, Chavez reassured his country in October that he was cancer-free. Venezuelans loyal to Chavez took comfort in the fact their president appeared healthier, re-grew lost hair, and was … More

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