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CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – a regional summit called off due to unexpectedly recovery longer than Hugo Chavez by surgery in Cuba, hours after the release Wednesday of a video chat with Socialist leader Fidel Castro.
The cancellation was a blow to supporters of the charismatic but authoritarian President, who had hoped to return to host the meeting of July 5-6, which coincides with the anniversary of the independence of the South American country.
Chavez, 56, at major events like the Tribune and had designed a national party, with various heads of State in tow.
His Government said that the meeting of Latin America and Caribbean leader was out for reasons of "force majeure". "The Commander Hugo Chavez Frias is amidst a process of recovery and medical treatment is extremely strict," he said.
The statement said that the Summit of the community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC) would be rescheduled for the second half of the year.
In the new movie released earlier on Wednesday, Chavez appeared back to his chatty self in a meeting with Castro in Cuba, his friend and political mentor, tempering entries is seriously ill.
The absence of Chavez has upset the politics at home and has generated a frenzy of speculation about the future of his "revolution".
Unlike short extracts indicated before, Chavez has been heard about this time, discuss regional politics and stories in the daily Granma Tuesday of Cuban Communist Party.
"Watch as Fidel is reading without glasses. Me, too, although with a bit of trouble! "an animated Chavez joked with the 84-year-old Castro after the pair were seen walking in a garden, is presumed to be at Cimeq hospital in Havana.
Chavez, who has become one of the most well known but controversial leader of the world in his twelve years in power, has disappeared from public view after the surgery in Cuba on June 10.
The Government says he is recovering fine after an operation to remove a pelvic abscess.
But his prolonged absence and silence a man famous for giving long hours of speeches, triggered rumors that he may have something worse as cancer.
Later in the 20-minute video, Chavez and Castro also garrulous were seen sitting indoors, both in suits, a detailed conversation about the history of Latin-American.
"NATION COMFORTED"
Submit pictures on TV, vice-President Chavez, Elias Jaua, said he had proof that his boss was on the road to recovery. "They comforted the nation and raised morale".
Supporters of Chavez Tweeted immediately their joy.
"Think of all the people now biting their tongues like watching images of President Chavez speak well, with the same energy and passion as ever," said Eva Golinger, an American lawyer close to the President.
The new movie definitely doesn't disprove the rumor more extreme-that Chavez has prostate cancer.
And left a lot of questions unanswered: why Chavez is still not addressed the nation? If your speech was easy and successful, because it is still in Havana 19 days later? Who's running the Government?
The incident highlighted the lack of an obvious successor to Chavez, who has totally dominated Venezuelan politics while driving forward his reforms "21st century socialism."
"Absence of Chavez led, if the Government admits it or not, an ongoing crisis of governance and a power vacuum," said the Venezuelan analyst Diego Moya-Ocampos.
The saga had been threatening to turn the local political scene on its head before presidential elections next year.
Analysts were to be incapacitated Chavez, probably there would be a struggle for power among his closest allies and the opposition might call for immediate elections, they said.
Given past violence, especially around a short-lived 2002 coup against Chavez, the potential for more problems always lurks in a nation full of weapons and political bitterness.
Some Venezuelans that he deliberately let the rumors grow in the last two weeks, so he can smoke outside opinions and positions of allies and enemies alike, before making a triumphant return to the delight of fans.
(Additional reporting by Diego Hours)
The cancellation was a blow to supporters of the charismatic but authoritarian President, who had hoped to return to host the meeting of July 5-6, which coincides with the anniversary of the independence of the South American country.
Chavez, 56, at major events like the Tribune and had designed a national party, with various heads of State in tow.
His Government said that the meeting of Latin America and Caribbean leader was out for reasons of "force majeure". "The Commander Hugo Chavez Frias is amidst a process of recovery and medical treatment is extremely strict," he said.
The statement said that the Summit of the community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC) would be rescheduled for the second half of the year.
In the new movie released earlier on Wednesday, Chavez appeared back to his chatty self in a meeting with Castro in Cuba, his friend and political mentor, tempering entries is seriously ill.
The absence of Chavez has upset the politics at home and has generated a frenzy of speculation about the future of his "revolution".
Unlike short extracts indicated before, Chavez has been heard about this time, discuss regional politics and stories in the daily Granma Tuesday of Cuban Communist Party.
"Watch as Fidel is reading without glasses. Me, too, although with a bit of trouble! "an animated Chavez joked with the 84-year-old Castro after the pair were seen walking in a garden, is presumed to be at Cimeq hospital in Havana.
Chavez, who has become one of the most well known but controversial leader of the world in his twelve years in power, has disappeared from public view after the surgery in Cuba on June 10.
The Government says he is recovering fine after an operation to remove a pelvic abscess.
But his prolonged absence and silence a man famous for giving long hours of speeches, triggered rumors that he may have something worse as cancer.
Later in the 20-minute video, Chavez and Castro also garrulous were seen sitting indoors, both in suits, a detailed conversation about the history of Latin-American.
"NATION COMFORTED"
Submit pictures on TV, vice-President Chavez, Elias Jaua, said he had proof that his boss was on the road to recovery. "They comforted the nation and raised morale".
Supporters of Chavez Tweeted immediately their joy.
"Think of all the people now biting their tongues like watching images of President Chavez speak well, with the same energy and passion as ever," said Eva Golinger, an American lawyer close to the President.
The new movie definitely doesn't disprove the rumor more extreme-that Chavez has prostate cancer.
And left a lot of questions unanswered: why Chavez is still not addressed the nation? If your speech was easy and successful, because it is still in Havana 19 days later? Who's running the Government?
The incident highlighted the lack of an obvious successor to Chavez, who has totally dominated Venezuelan politics while driving forward his reforms "21st century socialism."
"Absence of Chavez led, if the Government admits it or not, an ongoing crisis of governance and a power vacuum," said the Venezuelan analyst Diego Moya-Ocampos.
The saga had been threatening to turn the local political scene on its head before presidential elections next year.
Analysts were to be incapacitated Chavez, probably there would be a struggle for power among his closest allies and the opposition might call for immediate elections, they said.
Given past violence, especially around a short-lived 2002 coup against Chavez, the potential for more problems always lurks in a nation full of weapons and political bitterness.
Some Venezuelans that he deliberately let the rumors grow in the last two weeks, so he can smoke outside opinions and positions of allies and enemies alike, before making a triumphant return to the delight of fans.
(Additional reporting by Diego Hours)
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