CARACAS: President Hugo Chavez has said he would return to Cuba within a week for a checkup to "confirm" that "there are no malignant cells" in his body.
"Within a week's time, I have to go to Cuba again and we are going to do every little exam necessary. I am sure it is to confirm what we believe, and what is so far the case, and has been in all the tests they have done so far: that there are no malignant cells in my body," Chavez said on VTV television.
"It does have to be confirmed, and, God willing, that is how it will be," the leftist-populist president added.
Chavez, 57, has undergone four rounds of chemotherapy since an operation, but little information has been provided about the nature of the cancer, which has raised uncertainties about the state of his health.
"I am still undergoing treatment. Sometimes I forget but ( Cuban revolutionary icon) Fidel Castro sends me messages 'don't forget you are in recovery,'" added Chavez.
Chavez -- who has authorized no one else to discuss his health and has kept the exact nature of his illness shrouded in secrecy -- had a cancerous tumor removed on June 20 in Havana.
Officials have said the tumor was removed from the president's "pelvic area" but have given no other details.
Chavez has been in power since 1999 and has maintained that he will recover in time to win re-election by a "knock-out" in 2012.
"Within a week's time, I have to go to Cuba again and we are going to do every little exam necessary. I am sure it is to confirm what we believe, and what is so far the case, and has been in all the tests they have done so far: that there are no malignant cells in my body," Chavez said on VTV television.
"It does have to be confirmed, and, God willing, that is how it will be," the leftist-populist president added.
Chavez, 57, has undergone four rounds of chemotherapy since an operation, but little information has been provided about the nature of the cancer, which has raised uncertainties about the state of his health.
"I am still undergoing treatment. Sometimes I forget but ( Cuban revolutionary icon) Fidel Castro sends me messages 'don't forget you are in recovery,'" added Chavez.
Chavez -- who has authorized no one else to discuss his health and has kept the exact nature of his illness shrouded in secrecy -- had a cancerous tumor removed on June 20 in Havana.
Officials have said the tumor was removed from the president's "pelvic area" but have given no other details.
Chavez has been in power since 1999 and has maintained that he will recover in time to win re-election by a "knock-out" in 2012.
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