President Ahmadinejad will attend the funeral of Chavez

Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, conveying expressions of grief over the people and the Government of Iran the death of Venezuela's President, Hugo Chavez.(REUTERS)

Tehran (Reuters)-Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, would visit Venezuela to attend the funeral ceremony of late President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, on Friday.

According to the Fars news agency reports, President Ahmadinejad and his delegation from Iran will be leaving Tehran to Caracas on Thursday for a two-day visit to Venezuela.

Iran's Government also set Wednesday as the day of national mourning over the death of Chavez and planned to hold a memorial service to honor Chavez, who died in a hospital in Caracas on Tuesday (5/3) or local time Wednesday (6/3) Indonesia time.

President Ahmadinejad delivered a speech of grief from the people and Government of Iran over the death of Chavez in a message to Venezuela officials.

"For Justice, love and freedom alive, Hugo Chavez will stay alive. For conviction, the sanctity of human life, and he's going to stay alive. As long as the Nations life and struggle for independence, manifest the goodness and justice, he would still be alive, "Ahmadinejad's message.

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Hugo Chavez "work" from the hospital

President Of Venezuela Hugo Chavez (REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino)

We have reviewed a number of topics, and he told me that he was very glad to be in Caracas, the capital.

Caracas (Reuters)-Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez can exercise the duties of the Government and the "very energetic" Although still hospitalized and breathing using the tools, said Nicolas Maduro, Vice President Saturday.

President 58 years-old had not been seen or heard in public since Monday, when he returned to Caracas after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba, to lead the country of OPEC members that stayed on the top spot as the country with the world's largest crude oil reserves.

"The President continues to breathe through a tube of the trachea, but she was able to communicate with us through written records and give us a clue," said Vice President Nicolas Maduro told local television, as reported by AFP.

For more than five hours of meetings with Chavez at the hospital on Friday, according to Maduro, they were able to discuss some of the issues, especially on military affairs and the economy.

"He was very energetic, has a lot of vigor and vitality, and that's what we want to say to people though already late," said Maduro.

Since his last surgery, a new week-long ago about Chavez photos circulated. She looks bedridden, but smile, seeing the newspaper with two daughters were at his side.

In Brasilia, President Dilma Rousseff said she received a report about the condition of Chavez of Venezuela's Foreign Minister Elias Jaua, and according to him Chavez does not seem "very worrying" on Saturday.

Jaua said "everything is under control," added Rousseff. "He did not preach to me that condition is very worrying."

But Chavez has "deteriorated the breathing-related, and even experience trouble breathing," Rousseff said. But, the leader of the left-wing "well enough."

At the military hospital of Caracas, where Chavez is said to continue her recovery period, soldiers on guard outside to prevent reporters and curious audience.

Chavez has declared himself free of cancer after surgery before and ran in the general election in October that gave him the victory and a chance to lead six more years.

But the pain of relapse after surgery and the latest in Havana on December 11, she was too ill to return to Venezuela to appointed on 10 January.

The inauguration was postponed indefinitely, which sparked cries of cheating from the opposition. Vice President Nicolas Maduro, a directly elected successor to Chavez has essentially run the country without the presence of Chavez.

And the strength of the opposition scrambling to precede elections likely set back if Chavez does not heal.

Antonio Ledezma, a leader of the political party Alianza Bravo Pueblo, said the varying strength of the opposition will start work on Sunday to determine the unity candidate will run against Maduro.

"Certainly there will be unity candidate for ... people who won't make his political speeches were negative, insulting someone like what Maduro," Ledezma said.

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Hugo Chavez is rumored to live a "alternative" cancer treatments

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez images visible on an altar of worship in Caracas, Friday (4/1). Chavez still suffering "acute" breathing infections which makes it difficult for him to breathe while he struggled to recover from cancer surgery in Cuba, according to the Government on Friday yesterday. 58 years-old socialist leader not seen in public for more than three weeks. The official staff he is in a weak condition after undergoing four operations in just over 18 months due to cancer of the pelvic area are kept secret. (REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)

... the care is very complicated and difficult. However, it is believed this method will be able to end the President's illness. "

Caracas (Reuters)-Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is being receiving treatment "alternatives are complicated" after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba two months ago, said Vice President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday.

The Socialist leader is 58 years old never appeared in public since went to Havana to perform operations on December 11, 2012. The operation is the fourth cancer for 18 months.

Nicolas Maduro did not reveal details on what he meant as the alternative treatments that must be tempered by the President. Chavez himself never said what type of cancer he suffered and the observers accused the Government is too secretive about the condition of the oil-rich country's leader.

"Yesterday our Commander-in-Chief is undergoing alternative treatment ... treatment is so complex and is also difficult. However, it is believed this method will be able to end the President's illness, "Maduro said in a statement on State television.

The Government, which rejected the notion has not been transparent about the health of Chavez, saying that the President has gone through a critical period in post-operation and are starting a "new phase" of the healing process. But the Government did not provide more details about the new phase that is meant.

When Chavez retired from Office, Maduro is expected to advance in the elections against an opposition group leader Henrique Capriles, who is also the Governor of the State of Miranda and defeated in presidential elections last October. (G005)

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News : Chavez in Venezuela says chemo finished successfully

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home on Thursday saying a fourth and final session of chemotherapy in Cuba had been successful.
The 57-year-old socialist leader plans to run for another six-year term governing the South American OPEC nation at a presidential election in October 2012.
Wearing a blue and white tracksuit, he chatted with government officials and then gave a brief speech after his plane landed at Caracas's Maiquetia International Airport.
"The four sessions of chemotherapy have been highly successful," he said in comments carried live on state TV.
"Successful results, satisfactory results, all the vital signs ... very positive. We can say, thanks to these results, that we have finished the chemotherapy cycle," he said to applause from the officials gathered on the runway.
Before traveling to Cuba he said his fourth round of chemotherapy would probably be his last.
The former soldier has led the continent's biggest oil exporter since 1999 and wants to stay in office until at least 2025 to consolidate his self-styled leftist "revolution."
In June he underwent surgery in Cuba to remove a baseball-sized tumor in his pelvis, throwing added uncertainty into Venezuela's upcoming political season.
"Speculation about my health will continue ... I feel well, very well," he said on Friday.
"I am going to continue assuming, at an adequate pace, my government work, leading the government, leading the state, leading the revolutionary movement."
(Reporting by Daniel Wallis; Editing by Vicki Allen)

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Final cancer therapy for Chavez

  Hugo Chavez had two previous chemotherapy rounds in Cuba and one at home Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he is heading to Cuba for a fourth and final round of chemotherapy for cancer. In a statement broadcast on Saturday, Mr Chavez said that he would depart for Cuba in the afternoon and begin treatment early on Sunday.
He has said he will be well enough to host a regional summit on 2 December.
And he has also insisted that he will be running for re-election next year, campaigning "at a rhythm set by circumstances".
The National Electoral Commission has announced that next year's presidential election will be held on 7 October, ahead of the traditional December date.
In June, President Chavez had surgery in Cuba to remove a tumour from his pelvic region.
He had two rounds of chemotherapy in Cuba, and a further round in Venezuela at the end of August.

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