Chavez to receive 2nd round of radiation therapy

CARACAS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez left here for Cuba Saturday night to receive the second round of radiation therapy to fight cancer after surgery.

Chavez will return to Caracas on April 5.

According to the Venezuelan law, the president should submit an application to the congress if he leaves the country for more than five days. Therefore, Chavez has chosen to receive short-term treatments in Cuba. He is scheduled to stay five days in Cuba each time for a treatment of a total of five.

On Wednesday night, Chavez returned to his country from Havana after a five-day radiation. He said he was feeling well after the radiotherapy session and had entered the recovery phase.

"I am confident that my body is no longer subject to the cancer threat", Chavez said at the president palace on Saturday.