07:24 NZDT Wed Mar 6 2013
Top government and military officials have met in Venezuela, where the condition of President Hugo Chavez has deteriorated.
07:24 Wed Mar 6 2013
AAP
Venezuela's civilian
and military leadership have met after announcing President Hugo Chavez
had taken a turn for the worse, plunging the oil-rich country deeper
into uncertainty.
Hours after the sombre medical bulletin, Vice-President Nicolas Maduro held a meeting with the cabinet, military officers and state governors at the presidential palace to "define strategies regarding various projects for the development of our country," according to state-run television.
The once omnipresent face of the Latin American left, now breathing with the aid of a tracheal tube, has neither emerged nor spoken in public in almost three months, leaving the nation and the region on tenterhooks.
Dozens of supporters prayed, held photos of Chavez and wept in a chapel at the Caracas military hospital where the 58-year-old leader is being treated.
"I came to pray because the news were shocking and we have to face it by not losing faith and hope," said Marta Rodriguez, a 50-year-old housewife.
"I ask God for a miracle for the president to get healthy, for him to get out of this difficult situation. The president is a very special person."
After saying over the weekend that Chavez was still working despite chemotherapy, the government announced late on Monday he had a "new and severe infection" and a "worsening of respiratory function."
Information Minister Ernesto Villegas, reading a statement from the hospital, did not specify the type of infection nor did he give a prognosis, leaving open the question of whether Chavez will ever resume his duties.
Saying Chavez continues to "cling to Christ and life," Villegas reiterated that he was undergoing "intensive chemotherapy, as well as complementary treatments" and that his "condition continues to be very delicate."
The government had said earlier this month that Chavez was still suffering from a respiratory infection that he had contracted following his December 11 surgery in Cuba.
The gloomy government statement came two weeks after Chavez checked into the military hospital on February 18 following two months of treatment in Cuba.
Chavez's prolonged absence - which prevented him from being sworn in to a new six-year term earlier this year - has angered the opposition, which accuses the government of lying about his condition.
Under the constitution, an election must be called within 30 days if the president is incapacitated.
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Hours after the sombre medical bulletin, Vice-President Nicolas Maduro held a meeting with the cabinet, military officers and state governors at the presidential palace to "define strategies regarding various projects for the development of our country," according to state-run television.
The once omnipresent face of the Latin American left, now breathing with the aid of a tracheal tube, has neither emerged nor spoken in public in almost three months, leaving the nation and the region on tenterhooks.
Dozens of supporters prayed, held photos of Chavez and wept in a chapel at the Caracas military hospital where the 58-year-old leader is being treated.
"I came to pray because the news were shocking and we have to face it by not losing faith and hope," said Marta Rodriguez, a 50-year-old housewife.
"I ask God for a miracle for the president to get healthy, for him to get out of this difficult situation. The president is a very special person."
After saying over the weekend that Chavez was still working despite chemotherapy, the government announced late on Monday he had a "new and severe infection" and a "worsening of respiratory function."
Information Minister Ernesto Villegas, reading a statement from the hospital, did not specify the type of infection nor did he give a prognosis, leaving open the question of whether Chavez will ever resume his duties.
Saying Chavez continues to "cling to Christ and life," Villegas reiterated that he was undergoing "intensive chemotherapy, as well as complementary treatments" and that his "condition continues to be very delicate."
The government had said earlier this month that Chavez was still suffering from a respiratory infection that he had contracted following his December 11 surgery in Cuba.
The gloomy government statement came two weeks after Chavez checked into the military hospital on February 18 following two months of treatment in Cuba.
Chavez's prolonged absence - which prevented him from being sworn in to a new six-year term earlier this year - has angered the opposition, which accuses the government of lying about his condition.
Under the constitution, an election must be called within 30 days if the president is incapacitated.
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