Doctors for ailing Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez refused to let Bolivian President Evo Morales see his close ally when he went to Caracas this week, Morales said on Wednesday.
“We have been speaking with the doctors - they tell us he is resting, he is still under treatment,” Morales said of his mercy mission to Caracas on Tuesday.
“I wasn’t able to meet him, I was only able to meet his head doctor and with his family, but my understanding is that they are very encouraged,” he added.
“You must understand that he has gone through the most difficult moments of his life.”
The Bolivian president made a special stopover in Caracas on his way to meetings at the UN headquarters in New York. Chavez returned to Venezuela on Monday after several rounds of cancer surgery in Cuba. Widespread fears have been expressed for the life of the radical Latin American leader.
“There are days when his health situation is very difficult, according to the information from his ministers, but now he has returned to Caracas and that is a great relief,” Morales said.
“Sometimes disease and illness are difficult to fight, but of course we hope that we will be together soon to be able to continue working together as we have done up to now,” added the Bolivian president.
