Venezuelan 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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