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| Hugo Chávez returns home to Venezuela | Hugo Chávez returns home to Venezuela |
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| Hugo Chávez returned home to Venezuela early on Monday after more than two months of medical treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery. | |
| The president announced his return in a series of tweets, saying: "We will continue our treatment here." They were the first messages to appear on Chávez's Twitter account since 1 November. | The president announced his return in a series of tweets, saying: "We will continue our treatment here." They were the first messages to appear on Chávez's Twitter account since 1 November. |
| "I'm clinging to Christ and trusting in my doctors and nurses," Chávez said in another tweet. "Onward toward victory always!! We will live and we will triumph!!" | "I'm clinging to Christ and trusting in my doctors and nurses," Chávez said in another tweet. "Onward toward victory always!! We will live and we will triumph!!" |
| The vice-president, Nicolás Maduro, said on television that Chávez arrived at 2:30am and was at a military hospital in Caracas. | |
| Chávez thanked Fidel and Raúl Castro, who have overseen his treatment in Cuba, and thanked his country's people "for so much love". | |
| Last week the government released the first photos of the president in more than two months, showing him smiling alongside his daughters. | Last week the government released the first photos of the president in more than two months, showing him smiling alongside his daughters. |
| Chávez has not spoken publicly since he left for Cuba on 10 December. He underwent his fourth cancer-related surgery on 11 December, and the government says he is breathing through a tracheal tube that makes talking difficult. | |
| The 58-year-old is also undergoing other unspecified treatments. He has been receiving cancer treatment in Cuba on and off since June 2011. He has said he has had tumours removed from his pelvic region and has undergone chemotherapy and radiotherapy. | |
| Throughout the treatments, Chávez has not revealed the type of cancer or the exact location of the tumours. | Throughout the treatments, Chávez has not revealed the type of cancer or the exact location of the tumours. |