The first images of Chavez after his arrival in Cuba

In the images shown on radio and television by the science minister, Jorge Arreaza, son of the president, is a Chavez, 58 and in power since 1999, smiling and slightly swollen face in a bed and read Thursday's edition of the newspaper on February 14 official Granma. The president, dressed in his usual sportswear Military Academy, is flanked by two of his daughters in the pictures, taken on Thursday night, according Arreaza. Communication Minister, Ernesto Villegas, previously recalled to announce a statement that emerged respiratory infection during the postoperative period after surgery Dec. 11 was controlled, "although there is still a degree of failure." "Given this circumstance, it is being properly treated, currently the commander Chávez is breathing through tracheal cannula, which temporarily difficult speech," he said. Villegas said that Chavez "is alert, with integrity of intellectual functions in close communication with his administration and in front of the main tasks inherent to the position." "The medical team applies aggressive treatment for the underlying disease, which is not without complications," he added in reference to cancer by two months spent under the knife for the fourth time since June 2012 and is known only is in the pelvic area, but not its nature. He added that "the patient cooperates with treatment and rehabilitation, in close coordination with the medical team work." Once again the Government thanked "the love, serenity, maturity and integrity" of the Venezuelan people right now and "invites you to stay in prayer" for the health of Chavez. The latest images of Chavez before today were broadcast on television on 10 December, just before leaving for Cuba to undergo the operation, in which there were complications following a hemorrhage that resulted in a "complex" Postoperatively, the government says.

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