A full exploratory laparotomy on the lower half. Should have gone to th Mayo Clinic USA in the first place. But he hates USA and Canada gringos so much that he is the victim of his own petard.

As reported on his blog tonight Pereira, Chavez "is on the operating table in a hospital in Havana, Cuba, for an exploratory laparotomy."

Pereira published on 17 February in his blog that the president's health had deteriorated and analyzed by Brazilian medical tests indicated that "the cancer is in the process of metastasis," before Chavez announced that he had discovered a new " injury. "

According to Pereira, without citing its sources, throughout the day, doctors analyzed the tests to Chavez and exchanged information with a doctor in Moscow.

The purpose of this consultation would "know what the best procedure in the case, which seems to be more complicated than previously announced," the journalist on his blog.

Pereira said there are "at least one Brazilian doctor" participating in surgery.

. According to the journalist, exploratory laparotomy will "to check for new tumors" and "whether there are conditions for a new surgery."