Venezuelan Vice President Says Chavez Was Infected With Cancer by Foes
Venezuelan Vice President Says Chavez Was Infected With Cancer by Foes
By Andrew Cawthorne and Daniel Wallis
March 5, 2013
(Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was infected with cancer by “imperialist” enemies, his No. 2 alleged on Tuesday, adding that the socialist leader was suffering his hardest moments of a two-year battle against the disease.
Venezuela VP Nicolas Maduro donning a tin foil hat.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro’s accusations and somber prognosis came during a televised meeting of political and military leaders at the presidential palace amid speculation of an imminent end to Chavez’s 14-year rule.
“We have no doubt that commander Chavez was attacked with this illness,” Maduro said, repeating a charge first made by Chavez himself that the cancer was an attack by “imperialist” foes in the United States in league with domestic enemies.
“The old enemies of our fatherland looked for a way to harm his health,” Maduro said, comparing it with allegations that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died in 2004, may have been poisoned by Israeli agents.
Like clockwork.
Update:
BREAKING: Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro says President Hugo Chavez has died.
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 5, 2013
