Venezuela's Chavez makes surprise return home from Cuba: ministers
Posted : Monday, 18 February 2013 04:48AM
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned home after receiving treatment for cancer in Cuba, his ministers said via Twitter on Monday.
The 58-year-old socialist leader underwent a six-hour operation in Cuba on December 11. Photographs of him published on Friday were the first proof he was still alive.
(Reporting by Andrew Cawthorne; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
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