Venezuela Vice President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday said the the country’s leader Hugo Chavez is still in a “delicate” state following his surgery for cancer three weeks ago, the Associated Press reports.
“He’s totally conscious of the complexity of his post-operative state and he expressly asked us … to keep the nation informed always, always with the truth, as hard as it may be in certain circumstances,” Maduro said.
Maduro added that Chavez’s health makes for “a complex and delicate situation.”
The Venezuelan president has made no public appearances since he underwent the operation on Dec. 11.
