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Post-Chemo, Hugo Chavez Returns Home

Venezuelan completed final round of chemotherapy

By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 14, 2011 12:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – He's baaaaack: Hugo Chavez returned to Venezuela early today, after completing a second round of chemotherapy in Cuba, reports CNN. "Good morning, beloved homeland," Chavez tweeted today. "What a beautiful full moon greeted us at midnight." The Venezuelan president is now hairless after an earlier round of chemotherapy, but appeared vibrant and cheerful upon his arrival this morning, Reuters notes.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds a miniature copy of Venezuela's Constitution in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Office)

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gestures upon his arrival early today at the airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Aug. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Marcelo Garcia, Miraflores Presidential Office)

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez looks on upon his arrival early today at the airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Aug. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Marcelo Garcia, Miraflores Presidential Office)

Cuba's President Raul Castro, right, greets Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, next to Chavez's daughter Maria Gabriela, upon their arrival in Havana, Cuba, Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Cubadebate, Estudios Revolucion)

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Office)

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, front, smiles during the swearing in ceremony of two new ministers: Culture and Youth in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Office)

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