Chavez Battling Lung Infections Deal

                            

CARACAS, KOMPAS.com - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is still struggling with a lung infection. The infection makes it difficult to breathe, implying worsening conditions 58-year-old president.

Socialist leader did not appear in public since undergoing cancer surgery four December 11 in Havana, Cuba. Most recent report from the Government of Venezuela, Thursday (3/1) night, raising speculation that Chavez likely will not be sworn in for his new term, which is scheduled on January 10.

"Comandante Chavez has faced complications as a result of a lung infection are severe, "said Information Minister Ernesto Villegas on television.

" The infection has caused trouble breathing, which makes Comandante Chavez had to comply fully with their medical care, "he said .

government's statement suggests that Chavez might be breathing with the help of machines. However, the government does not talk about it and did not give details about the president's care.

"It seems he had a very severe pneumonia after he suffered respiratory failure. That's not very specific, "said Dr. Alejandro Rios-Ramirez, a specialist in lung Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, who was not involved in the treatment of Chavez.

" Condition implies severe lung infection that cause respiratory failure. That does not mean he is breathing with the machine, "he said.

Vice President Nicolas Maduro Thursday arrived back in Venezuela after visiting Chavez in hospital. Meanwhile, rumors circulated that the president might be dying. Accompanied by senior government officials, including Diosdado Cabello, Chairman of the National Assembly, Maduro visited the coffee processing plant in Caracas-type visits Chavez often done before I got sick.

Maduro and Cabello insisted they did not prepare for the transition power.

"Here there is only one transition and it started at least six years ago and decreed by Comandante Hugo Chavez," Maduro said, referring to the release of the president's socialist revolution of 2006.

Maduro accused the opposition of "lies and manipulation, a campaign to try to create uncertainty".

Information Minister Villegas Thursday night television also said that the government "warned the people of Venezuela on the war psychological abuse transnational media about the health of the head of state, with the aim of destabilizing "the country.

Meanwhile, opposition leader Henrique Capriles, who lost to Chavez in October elections, said he would accept that there is a delay of the presidential inauguration . (Strong AFP / AP / Reuters / DI )