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On December 11, he underwent complex cancer surgery. He did so for the fourth time in 18 months. Recovery has been slow and difficult. Complications were overcome.
He still requires special treatment. He got world class care at Havana's Medical Surgical Research Center (CIMEQ). He'll continue it at Venezuela's Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital.
His January 10 inauguration was postponed. He was scheduled to take his oath of office before Venezuela's National Assembly.
He'll do it later before the Supreme Tribunal of Justice. It unanimously approved his doing so. Constitutional law was observed.
At issue now is returning to full health. Venezuelan pray he'll do so soon. They reelected him overwhelmingly last October. They won't tolerate dark forces returning.
He turned neoliberal harshness into Bolivarian success. With or without him, it's institutionalized. It's part of Venezuela's culture.
It's polar opposite America's permanent war policy, ravaging the world for global dominance, police state harshness, force-fed austerity, growing human need, and government beholden solely to business and privileged elitism.
Chavez champions human rights. He has no secret prisons. He doesn't invade his neighbors. He abhors torture.
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