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Jul 28, 2011

Hugo Chavez mocks succession talk, Jul 28, 2011

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (C) waves to supporters as he arrives at the Simon Bolivar house to mark the birthday of the independence hero in Caracas July 24, 2011. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/HandoutVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez (C) waves to supporters as he arrives at the Simon …CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's convalescing President Hugo Chavez laughed off talk of succession on Wednesday and lashed out at speculation his cancer diagnosis was made up to boost his popularity.
'They say I'm putting on a show; it's they who are putting on a macabre show,' said Chavez in another TV appearance that has marked a growing public presence since two trips to Cuba for surgery to remove a cancerous tumor and then chemotherapy.
The ever-theatrical Chavez loudly patted his stomach to show he was not wearing a colostomy bag, responding to one theory doing the rounds that his problems are intestinal."

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