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VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO Chavez has appeared in public for the first time in three weeks today as he returned from Cuba after his latest cancer treatment.
Venezuelan state TV showed Chavez, who was re-elected in October, walking down the steps of his plane accompanied by vice president Nicolas Maduro, and he was seen speaking with officials at Maiquetia international airport.
Chavez said he was very happy to be back but did not elaborate on his health, the subject of intense speculation since he had a cancerous tumor removed last year.
Chavez had gone to Cuba on 27 November for sessions of hyperbaric oxygenation – the breathing of pure oxygen in a sealed and pressurized chamber. He canceled his appearance at Friday’s Mercosur summit in Brasilia.
The 58-year-old Chavez had a cancerous tumor removed from near his pelvic region last year, but the government never disclosed the type or severity of the cancer. In July this year, the president claimed to be cancer-free.
Chavez, who has been in power since 1999 and gained global prominence as an anti-American firebrand, appeared weak and subdued during the presidential campaign, but on 7 October he won a third term that extends to 2018.
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I see quite a lot of bumblebees on my tomatoes. No drop in activity or numbers.
@Pat Patovic: nothing more scientifically sound than antidotal evidence.
@DaisyMay: it was the antidotal that saved her.
@Pat Patovic: agree I never had as many in my garden
@DaisyMay: Yeah right. Everything Journal ever published or everything you read on the internet is the holy grail of truth.
I just offered my own experience and you can hardly dispute it as I do not recall seeing you in my garden ever.
It’s really strange because I thought it was a bumper year for bees, have seen loads of them this year, a real improvement on the last few summers.
@edelno5 .: Dead right, It’s years since I’ve seen so many!
@edelno5 .: Maybe we see them more as they are busy in a struggle to survive. I’ve seen lots more than normal too. I was watching a really tiny bumble bee the other day. I’ve never seen one that small.
So they will be fine if we don’t get the same weather next year. Well, I guess that would fall under the whole climate change thing. Green Ireland now!
The theory of “Redundancy Hypothesis could relate to our politicians too. A diversity of species can help it become more resilient, because it isn’t overly reliant on a single species. A change is as good as a rest. The bees, TDs and Michael D take note.
This reads like a prediction rather than the result of any formal survey which isn’t cited. I have seen a multitude of both bumblebees and solitary bees this summer throughout the country. It’s their natural habitat which is under threat especially with the greater destruction of hedgerows allowed under FG Heritage Bill.
Bees > Humans
We are f/(ked
Well done Irish Water, your hose pip ban causing the death of the bumble bee which is vital for food production. Fix the leaks build reservoirs, we need to water the flowers, someone think of the bees.
If the bee’s go we go, which isn’t a bad thing when you think of all the journal commentators gone forever. Paradise :)
Yer wreckin me buzz.
What about the bankers and irish water…
@Anto Whelan: if there any good at the auld pollen I say let them roam wild and free.
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