CARACAS: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has not been seen in public for more than a month, is "fighting for his life" after cancer surgery in Cuba, former vice president Elias Jaua said Sunday.
Chavez's extended absence has fueled growing political uncertainty in Venezuela. But Jaua said the usually outspoken and ever-present leftist leader was "alive and fighting for a full recovery."
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