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    Venezuelan leader returning to Cuba for treatment

    •March 31, 2012
    • Venezuela artist Felix Rodriguez, 62, poses with his paintings of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on a street in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday March 2, 2012. Chavez has been in Cuba since last Friday to have a growth removed in the same part of the pelvis where a larger, malignant tumor was extracted last year. Chavez said Friday he's recovering quickly from tumor surgery, that doctors have put him on a special diet, and that he's taking daily walks. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
    • A painting of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez sits for sale on an easel at an artist's stand in the street in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday March 2, 2012. Chavez has been in Cuba since last Friday to have a growth removed in the same part of the pelvis where a larger, malignant tumor was extracted last year. Chavez said Friday he's recovering quickly from tumor surgery, that doctors have put him on a special diet, and that he's taking daily walks. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
    • A painting wrapped in plastic of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is displayed on an easel on a street in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday March 2, 2012. Chavez has been in Cuba since last Friday to have a growth removed in the same part of the pelvis where a larger, malignant tumor was extracted last year. Chavez said Friday he's recovering quickly from tumor surgery, that doctors have put him on a special diet, and that he's taking daily walks. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
    • T-shirts blazoned with the image of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez are displayed for sale on a street in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday March 2, 2012. Chavez has been in Cuba since last Friday to have a growth removed in the same part of the pelvis where a larger, malignant tumor was extracted last year. Chavez said Friday he's recovering quickly from tumor surgery, that doctors have put him on a special diet, and that he's taking daily walks. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
    • A person holds a flower during a mass in support of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez next to an image of him that reads in Spanish "The life" in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday March, 1, 2012. Doctors successfully extracted a tumor from Chavez's pelvic region and he was stable and recovering in Cuba on Tuesday with family at his side, Venezuela's Vice President Elias Jaua said. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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    A painting wrapped in plastic of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is displayed on an easel on a street in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday March 2, 2012. Chavez has been in Cuba since last Friday to have a growth removed in the same part of the pelvis where a larger, malignant tumor was extracted last year. Chavez said Friday he's recovering quickly from tumor surgery, that doctors have put him on a special diet, and that he's taking daily walks. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

    The 57-year-old leftist president, in office since 1999, has vowed to overcome cancer to win another six-year term in the Oct. 7 election.