Hugo Chavez sent back to Venezuela to die, report says

This story was filed on February 23, 2013

Spanish media is saying that cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been sent back to his country to die — not to recover from successful treatment received in Cuba, as previously and widely reported.

Doctors in Cuba couldn’t help him, according to Spain’s ABC, as reported by United Press International.

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