Venezuela gov't: Chavez in 'pre-operative' steps
AP
In this picture provided Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 by Cuba's state newspaper Granma, Cuba's President Raul Castro, right, receives Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at the Jose Marti International airport in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. Chavez arrived in Cuba on Monday for a fourth cancer-related operation after designating the vice president as his political heir. (AP Photo/Granma)
In this picture provided Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 by Cuba's state newspaper Granma, Cuba's President Raul Castro, right, receives Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at the Jose Marti International airport in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. Chavez arrived in Cuba on Monday for a fourth cancer-related operation after designating the vice president as his political heir. (AP Photo/Granma)
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, center, greets reporters upon his arrival at the Jose Marti International airport in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. Correa traveled to Cuba to visit Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who arrived in Cuba early Monday for a third cancer operation. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
U.S. actor Sean Penn, center, who is in Bolivia to attend the hearing of Jacob Ostreicher, participates in a vigil for Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday Dec. 10, 2012. Chavez's cancer relapse and his sudden announcement that he will undergo a fourth cancer-related surgery in Cuba have thrown Venezuela's future into question. Ostreicher is being held in a Bolivian prison in the eastern provincial capital of Santa Cruz while authorities investigate him for money laundering. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A person holds a candle and a Venezuelan flag during a vigil for Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday Dec. 10, 2012. Chavez's cancer relapse and his sudden announcement that he will undergo a fourth cancer-related surgery in Cuba have thrown Venezuela's future into question. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
People participate in a vigil for Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday Dec. 10, 2012. Chavez's cancer relapse and his sudden announcement that he will undergo a fourth cancer-related surgery in Cuba have thrown Venezuela's future into question. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? Venezuela's government says President Hugo Chavez is going through "pre-operative" steps for cancer surgery in Cuba.
Information Minister Ernesto Villegas read the announcement on television.
In the statement, the government also urged Venezuelans to pray.
Venezuela released the statement on Tuesday after Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said Chavez was undergoing the operation "at this moment."
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