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Venezuela's Chavez to skip Americas summit
Associated Press ^ | April 14, 2012

Posted on 04/14/2012 10:19:33 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez is skipping the Summit of the Americas, heading off a potential face-to-face confrontation with Barack Obama.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro tells state-run Venezuela Television that Chavez has decided to avoid the summit at the recommendation of doctors. He is scheduled to return to Cuba on Saturday to continue treatment for cancer.

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1 posted on 04/14/2012 10:19:37 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This breaking news just in, Generalissimo Hugo Chavez is still valiantly holding on in his fight to remain dead.


2 posted on 04/14/2012 10:23:49 AM PDT by Autonomous User ( As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

That makes one less dictator Obama will have to bow to at the conference.


3 posted on 04/14/2012 10:28:16 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Chavez is gone by July.


4 posted on 04/14/2012 10:33:16 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (....The days are long, but the years are short.....)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Anyone know what kind of cancer this guy has? Sounds like some sort of abdominal cancer, but I still don’t know.

Much as I hate Chavez and everything he stands for, I can not wish a horrible death upon him.


5 posted on 04/14/2012 10:37:16 AM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Chavez - “Chicken”!


6 posted on 04/14/2012 10:37:51 AM PDT by hummingbird (Just askin' or just sayin' depending on the subject at hand.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Face-to-face confrontation? Hell, they'd need a crowbar to pull those two lovers apart!
7 posted on 04/14/2012 10:45:55 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Greed + Envy = Liberalism)
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To: Longbow1969

I saw an article where doctors were speculating that it was a sarcoma. My aunt had a sarcoma - discovered when, luckily while still relatively small, it caused her pain. The ‘cure’, if you are going to get one, for a sarcoma is surgery. This thing puts out ‘tentacles’ & it is very hard to get ‘clear margins’ if the tumor is very big. Chavez had a baseball size tumor & it evidently recurred after surgery - this is really bad for him. Sarcomas do not respond well to radiation or chemo - the only chemo that is anywhere near effective is also ‘cardio-toxic’ so there is a limit on how much you can get. My aunt is past the 5-year mark (the doc gave her limited chances to make it that far) & that is due to a small tumor & ‘clear margins’ after surgery, plus the cancer had not metastasized anywhere. Sounds like Chavez is not so fortunate.


8 posted on 04/14/2012 10:55:43 AM PDT by MissMagnolia (Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
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To: Cowboy Bob

That’s what I was thinking.
What “confrontation” could possibly occur between this pair of socialists ?


9 posted on 04/14/2012 11:05:31 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: MissMagnolia
Sounds like Chavez is not so fortunate.

Not so fortunate indeed. The Cubans cut him open, found the cancer, waved and said "Hey there, feller!" and sewed him back home with Casto's promise that "Everything looked great!"

When Chavez gets to hell, he can swap stories with Che Guevara on how Castro deals with competition.

Fact is, the Cubans have more than likely lined up the next strong man, someone far more compliant, possibly with the nod of the Chinese. We'll see who steps up when Chavez snuffs it.

10 posted on 04/14/2012 11:06:46 AM PDT by Caipirabob (I say we take off and Newt the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...)
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To: MissMagnolia

Thank you for this information. I appreciate it.


11 posted on 04/14/2012 11:17:12 AM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: Free ThinkerNY

He and Mugabe can be holding hands as they meet that great land reformer, Satan.


12 posted on 04/14/2012 11:31:32 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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Chavez: "You are a devil, you smell like sulfur, you are a drunk, you are the demon, you are a dictator, you are an assassin Mr. Devil, you are..."

Bush: "YEAH, Yeah, yeah, WHATever... just fill'er up MonkeyBoy!!!"

13 posted on 04/14/2012 1:01:24 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Chavez is skipping? Probably wearing pink leotards.


14 posted on 04/14/2012 1:21:32 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Unfortunately, the final prognosis will not be lead poisoning.


15 posted on 04/14/2012 2:44:53 PM PDT by tanuki (Left-wing Revolution: show biz for boring people.)
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