Venezuela: Chavez is responding to treatment
January 14, 2013 | 9:56am
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government says President Hugo Chavez is conscious and responding to treatment for a respiratory infection at a Cuban hospital.
Information Minister Ernesto Villegas says the infection has been controlled, but Chavez is still suffering from respiratory deficiency.
Chavez has been fighting the infection after undergoing a fourth round of surgery Dec. 11 for a cancer in the pelvic area.
Villegas spoke about the president's condition during a televised address Sunday.
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