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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a televised speech at an undisclosed location in Havana, Cuba, Saturday March 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office/Marcelo Garcia)
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Gov't: Chavez suffered complications in surgery

Updated: Thursday, 13 Dec 2012, 2:05 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 13 Dec 2012, 1:46 PM EST

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's government says President Hugo Chavez suffered complications during his cancer surgery in Cuba but is recovering.

Information Minister Ernesto Villegas says Chavez suffered "bleeding" that required, as he put it, "corrective measures."

He said on Thursday that Chavez was recovering favorably two days after the operation.

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