Chavez turns to alternative medicine for cancer cure

14/02/13 07:53 CET

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is said to be undergoing alternative treatments for cancer more than two months after having surgery in Cuba.

The 58-year-old has not been seen in public since his fourth operation for the condition in December.

Exactly what type of cancer he iks suffering from has not been made public.

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