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Summary Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has left for Cuba accompanied by his daughter.
Chavez returned to Cuba to continue receiving medical treatment on cancer detected in his previous visit to the island country last month.Prior to his departure, the Venezuelan leader thanked a rally of supporters and government officials in Caracas.The 56-year-old leader spent most of June in Cuba where he first had a surgery on June 10 to remove a pelvic abscess. Then on June 20, he had the second surgery to cut off an unspecified cancerous tumor.Chavez returned to Venezuela on July 4 and resumed duties as head of state under strict medical observation. He was shown on TV taking medicines during a cabinet meeting.
