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| Hugo Chávez dismisses health rumours on Venezuelan TV | Hugo Chávez dismisses health rumours on Venezuelan TV |
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| The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, has reappeared on television after an eight-day silence, scoffing at rumours that his health had taken a turn for the worse. | The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, has reappeared on television after an eight-day silence, scoffing at rumours that his health had taken a turn for the worse. |
| In a live phone call on state television on Monday, he also said he planned to be back home on Thursday after his latest round of cancer treatment in Cuba. | In a live phone call on state television on Monday, he also said he planned to be back home on Thursday after his latest round of cancer treatment in Cuba. |
| "We'll have to get used to living in the coming days and weeks and months among those rumours, and well, when necessary come out to make them crumble," Chávez said. | "We'll have to get used to living in the coming days and weeks and months among those rumours, and well, when necessary come out to make them crumble," Chávez said. |
| He dismissed rumours of complications in his treatment, blaming "dirty war laboratories" and his opponents. | He dismissed rumours of complications in his treatment, blaming "dirty war laboratories" and his opponents. |
| Chávez said he planned to return to Cuba for one more round of radiation treatment. "They're rough treatments," he said. "And you have to rise up to the level with a lot of will, a lot of strength, a lot of faith." | Chávez said he planned to return to Cuba for one more round of radiation treatment. "They're rough treatments," he said. "And you have to rise up to the level with a lot of will, a lot of strength, a lot of faith." |
| He joked that some might like to see him out running a 100-metre race or playing baseball, "but hey, not right now. Let me recover." | He joked that some might like to see him out running a 100-metre race or playing baseball, "but hey, not right now. Let me recover." |
| They were Chávez's first remarks on Venezuelan television since he left for Havana on 14 April. Since then, he had communicated only through messages on his Twitter account and other written statements. | They were Chávez's first remarks on Venezuelan television since he left for Havana on 14 April. Since then, he had communicated only through messages on his Twitter account and other written statements. |
| He began radiation treatment in Cuba in late March after undergoing an operation in February that removed a second tumour from his pelvic region. The first tumour was taken out last June, and he then underwent chemotherapy. | He began radiation treatment in Cuba in late March after undergoing an operation in February that removed a second tumour from his pelvic region. The first tumour was taken out last June, and he then underwent chemotherapy. |
| Chávez has kept secret some details of his illness, including the type of cancer and the precise location of the tumours. | Chávez has kept secret some details of his illness, including the type of cancer and the precise location of the tumours. |
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