Why Chavez went back to Cuba

The WSJ has an article on @Nelson Bocaranda, Columnist Tweaks Venezuela’s Leader, who’s shedding some light on Chavez’s condition:

Last week, Mr. Bocaranda said Mr. Chávez had decided to go for treatment to Brazil, where he has a standing invitation from President Dilma Rousseff, herself a cancer survivor. But Mr. Bocaranda says Mr. Chávez changed his mind at the last minute.

“He couldn’t face Fidel Castro” if he had gone to Brazil, Mr. Bocaranda says, because that would embarrass the Cuban leader after Mr. Chávez heaped praise on Cuba’s doctors, thousands of whom man Venezuela’s medical system. “He’s thrown in the towel,” he says. “The family is sure this will kill him.”


Not surprisingly, the talk is now about Venezuela After Chávez,

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