Hugo Chavez has Only Months to Live

We may not agree with his politics, but we never wish this terrible disease on anybody. We can say a prayer for Hugo and his family and wish for the best.

A high profile Venezuelan reporter has been told that the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has Metastatic Rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive cancer that has “entered the end stage”. The information and the quote come from a highly respected source close to Chavez and who is in a position to know his medical condition and history. This source says the prognosis is dire and that Chavez is now not expected to live “more than a couple of months at most.” Chavez is running for re-elec tion in Venezuela but several sources–including the one who revealed the exact kind of cancer– have said that they believe it is doubtful the dictator will live to see the results.

Voting is scheduled for October 7th. Chavez has been treated three times in Cuba but the exact kind of cancer has been a closely guarded state secret.

Reporter’s note: There is only one source for identifying the cancer and for the prognosis quoted in the first part of the above story. This is a person whom HDNet and Dan Rather has very good reason to trust, you should know that there is only one source so far; no other immediate confirmation from any Venezuelan official. All sources asked for and were granted anonymity because to reveal their names could place them in danger or, at the very least cost them their positions.

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For Years Chavez has criticizing the church, kicking out Christian missionaries, assisting terrorists and praising atheists and Marxist. Today a more humble Hugo Chavez, whom came home weeks ago from another botched cancer treatment in Cuba, recently took to Venezuela’s airwaves to call out to Jesus Christ for help. “Chavez cried,” reported David Gerges from the British newspaper the Daily Mail, “and his voice broke in the televised speech made in his home of Barinas, in front of his parents and other relatives. The 57-year-old praised Jesus and called on God to spare his life, in an emotional speech. Chavez made his plea standing below an image of Jesus with the Crucifix.

If Chavez survives cancer, political analysts say his increasing religiosity could pay election-year dividends in a country where Catholicism remains influential.

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