Hugo Chavez returns to Cuba to begin chemotherapy

Originally published: July 16, 2011 4:13 PM
Updated: July 17, 2011 2:30 AM
By The Associated Press IAN JAMES (Associated Press)

Quick ReadVenezuela's Chavez travels to Cuba for chemotherapy after surgery to remove cancerous tumor

Photo credit: AP | Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, gestures as he walks with Peru's elect President Ollanta Humala during a visit at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, July 15, 2011. Humala is visiting Venezuela for one day. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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(AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned to Cuba to begin chemotherapy nearly a month after surgery to remove a tumor, and he is expressing optimism the treatment will help him survive his cancer.

Chavez said he would start the treatment in Havana on Sunday in an attempt to ensure cancer cells do not reappear following last month's operation.

"We're going to give it everything...

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