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Chavez travels to Cuba for surgery

Seeks emergency cancer treatment

By Fabiola Sanchez and Vivian Sequera

 |  Associated Press  

  February 25, 2012

President Hugo Chavez bid an emotional farewell laced with references to Jesus Christ and independence hero Simon Bolivar as he departed Venezuela yesterday for Cuba for urgent surgery to remove a tumor he says is probably malignant. Clasping the hand of his youngest daughter, Chavez addressed allies of his socialist political movement and troops standing at attention at the Miraflores presidential palace.

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