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Chavez travels to Cuba for more cancer treatment

The recently re-elected Venezuelan president needs more care in Cuba six months after radiation therapy there.

Hugo Chavez won about 54 percent of the vote, defeating Henrique Capriles by nearly 10 percentage points, electoral officials said.

Nicolas Maduro named as Chavez's successor as the Venezuelan leader faces cancer surgery

Hugo Chavez has returned to Cuba to undergo more cancer treatment, and has for the first time named a successor.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gestures before voting in Caracas on October 07, 2012. Venezuelans voted Sunday with President Hugo Chavez's 14-year socialist revolution on the line as the leftist leader faced youthful rival Henrique Capriles in his toughest electoral challenge yet.

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