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Chavez returns to Venezuela from Cuba after chemo

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President Hugo Chavez made an unannounced return to Venezuela on Saturday night after spending a week in Cuba undergoing chemotherapy, saying that he expects a series of additional cancer treatments will take time.

 

State television broadcast footage of Chavez being greeted at the airport by Vice President Elias Jaua and other ministers. Addressing the nation, Chavez said the chemotherapy in the past week went well but that risks remain and he expects his treatments to continue for an extended period. He did not say how long. (AP)

 

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