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| Venezuelan government accused of lying about Chávez's condition | Venezuelan government accused of lying about Chávez's condition |
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| Opposition leader Henrique Capriles accused Venezuela's government on Friday of repeatedly lying about President Hugo Chávez's condition, and said the truth will be known within days. | Opposition leader Henrique Capriles accused Venezuela's government on Friday of repeatedly lying about President Hugo Chávez's condition, and said the truth will be known within days. |
| Capriles tweeted the claim as Vice President Nicolas Maduro assured Venezuelans on national television that their cancer-stricken president continues a difficult and slow recovery from 11 December surgery. | Capriles tweeted the claim as Vice President Nicolas Maduro assured Venezuelans on national television that their cancer-stricken president continues a difficult and slow recovery from 11 December surgery. |
| "We'll see how they explain to the country in the [coming] days all the lies they've been telling about the president's situation," said Capriles, whom Chávez defeated in 7 October elections. | "We'll see how they explain to the country in the [coming] days all the lies they've been telling about the president's situation," said Capriles, whom Chávez defeated in 7 October elections. |
| Chávez has not been seen or heard from since, other than in some proof-of-life photos released on 15 February. | Chávez has not been seen or heard from since, other than in some proof-of-life photos released on 15 February. |
| The government says the socialist who has been Venezuela's leader for more than 14 years returned from Cuba three days later and is at Caracas' military hospital. | The government says the socialist who has been Venezuela's leader for more than 14 years returned from Cuba three days later and is at Caracas' military hospital. |
| But it has also sent mixed signals. On Thursday, Maduro said, not for the first time, that Chávez was battling for his life. | But it has also sent mixed signals. On Thursday, Maduro said, not for the first time, that Chávez was battling for his life. |
| Maduro accused opponents of spreading rumours about Chávez's health to destabilise the nation. | Maduro accused opponents of spreading rumours about Chávez's health to destabilise the nation. |
| The opposition says Chávez should either be sworn in or declare himself incapable and call new elections. The constitution says he should have been sworn in on 10 January, but Venezuela's supreme court said it was OK to wait. | The opposition says Chávez should either be sworn in or declare himself incapable and call new elections. The constitution says he should have been sworn in on 10 January, but Venezuela's supreme court said it was OK to wait. |
| Maduro attacked the Spanish newspaper ABC and Colombia's Caracol network for allegedly spreading lies about Chávez's condition. ABC said without specifying its source that Chávez's cancer had spread to a lung. It said he had been moved to an island compound in the Caribbean. | Maduro attacked the Spanish newspaper ABC and Colombia's Caracol network for allegedly spreading lies about Chávez's condition. ABC said without specifying its source that Chávez's cancer had spread to a lung. It said he had been moved to an island compound in the Caribbean. |
| Chávez's son-in-law, science minister Jorge Arreaza, said on state television that Chávez continues "to fight hard and is in the military hospital, as peaceful as he could be, with his doctors, with his family." | Chávez's son-in-law, science minister Jorge Arreaza, said on state television that Chávez continues "to fight hard and is in the military hospital, as peaceful as he could be, with his doctors, with his family." |
| Arreaza is one of a small circle with access to Chávez, who the government says is battling a "respiratory deficiency" following a post-operative respiratory infection that required a tracheal tube. | Arreaza is one of a small circle with access to Chávez, who the government says is battling a "respiratory deficiency" following a post-operative respiratory infection that required a tracheal tube. |
| Maduro blamed "the bourgeoisie," as the Chávez government refers to its opponents, of trying to destabilise the country and demanded they "cease the rumours." | Maduro blamed "the bourgeoisie," as the Chávez government refers to its opponents, of trying to destabilise the country and demanded they "cease the rumours." |
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