Chavez makes energetic homecoming after surgery [View all]
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez led an energetic homecoming celebration on Saturday, rallying thousands of supporters from a balcony of the presidential palace after three weeks in Cuba for cancer surgery.
Chavez turned the event into a campaign rally, vowing to win re-election in the Oct. 7 presidential vote and demanding unity from his followers. Returning to the combativeness that has characterized much of his 13-year presidency, Chavez insulted his opponents and denounced a state governor who recently broke ranks with his party as a "traitor to the revolution."
The president referred to his health only briefly, saying he will start radiation therapy treatment in the coming days "in order to attack any new threat."
"This cancer can't beat Chavez either!" he shouted to the crowd during the hourlong speech.
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