Chavez 'stable' following surgery
<p><span word="Doctors">Doctors</span> <span word="successfully">successfully</span> <span word="extracted">extracted</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tumor">tumor</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Venezuelan">Venezuelan</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Hugo">Hugo</span> <span word="Chavez">Chavez</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="pelvic">pelvic</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="stable">stable</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="recovering">recovering</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Cuba">Cuba</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="side">side</span>, <span word="his">his</span> <span word="vice">vice</span>-<span word="president">president</span> <span word="announced">announced</span>.</p><p>"<span word="President">President</span> <span word="Chavez">Chavez</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="physical">physical</span> <span word="condition">condition</span>," <span word="Vice">Vice</span>-<span word="President">President</span> <span word="Elias">Elias</span> <span word="Jaua">Jaua</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="chamber">chamber</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Assembly">Assembly</span>, <span word="prompting">prompting</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="standing">standing</span> <span word="ovation">ovation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cries">cries</span> <span word="of">of</span> "<span word="Onward">Onward</span>, <span word="comandante">comandante</span>!"</p><p>"<span word="A">A</span> <span word="total">total</span> <span word="extraction">extraction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="diagnosed">diagnosed</span> <span word="pelvic">pelvic</span> <span word="lesion">lesion</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="performed">performed</span>, <span word="removing">removing</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tissue">tissue</span> <span word="surrounding">surrounding</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lesion">lesion</span>," <span word="Jaua">Jaua</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="reading">reading</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="presidency">presidency</span>. "<span word="There">There</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="complications">complications</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="organs">organs</span>."</p><p><span word="Jaua">Jaua</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="Chavez">Chavez</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="surgery">surgery</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="leader">leader</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="stable">stable</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="recovering">recovering</span> <span word="adequately">adequately</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Venezuelan">Venezuelan</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="growth">growth</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="cancerous">cancerous</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="immediate">immediate</span> <span word="word">word</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="malignant">malignant</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="precise">precise</span> <span word="nature">nature</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Chavez">Chavez</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="divulged">divulged</span>.</p><p><span word="Sebastian">Sebastian</span> <span word="Quintero">Quintero</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="oncologist">oncologist</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="neighboring">neighboring</span> <span word="Colombia">Colombia</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="announcement">announcement</span> <span word="doesn">doesn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="add">add</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="publicly">publicly</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="Chavez">Chavez</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="cancer">cancer</span>.</p><p>"<span word="They">They</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="anything">anything</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="known">known</span>: <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tumor">tumor</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pelvis">pelvis</span>," <span word="Quintero">Quintero</span> <span word="said">said</span>. "<span word="The">The</span> <span word="pelvis">pelvis</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="cavity">cavity</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="organs">organs</span> <span word="inside">inside</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prostate">prostate</span>, <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bladder">bladder</span>, <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="colon">colon</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="determine">determine</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tumor">tumor</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="based">based</span>."</p>
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