Venezuela's Chavez "in stable condition" after operation
Posted : Wednesday, 12 December 2012 09:34AM
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in stable condition after his cancer operation in Cuba, Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said on Wednesday.
Government officials had said the 58-year-old socialist leader was in a delicate condition after Tuesday's operation, his fourth cancer surgery since mid-2011.
(Reporting by Daniel Wallis; Editing by Stacey Joyce)
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