Stephen Lendman: Chavez Returns!

He's home. He arrived on February 18 at 2:30 AM Caracas time. He announced his arrival via Twitter. "I have returned ti the Venezuelan homeland," he said. "Thank God!! Thank you beloved people! I will continue the treatment here." Separately, he thanked Fidel and Raul Castro. He praised Cuba's superb medical providers. "We will live, and we will overcome," he said. Fidel Castro wished him well on departure. He said in part: "Dear Hugo: I am extremely satisfied that you have been able to return to that piece of American land, which you love so much. A long and agonizing wait, as well as your astonishing capacity for physical resistance, and the total dedication of a team of doctors, as has been the case over the last 10 years, were necessary to achieve this objective. You learned a lot about life, Hugo, in those difficult days of suffering and sacrifice. Now that we will not have the privilege of receiving news from you on a daily basis, we will go back to the method of correspondence which we have used for many years. We will always live to fight for justice for human beings, consciously and humbly, without fear of the years, months, days or hours that we might have left to live in the most critical era of the history of our humanity. Our people, who are also your people, will know tomorrow of your return to Venezueala via this message. Everything had to be done with much discretion, so as not to give an opportunity to the fascist groups to plan any of their cynical actions against the Bolivarian revolutionary process. Global supporters "followed the health and news of Chavez." Until victory always! A firm hug! Fidel Castro Ruz. On arrival, Venezuelan Communication Minister Ernesto Villegas said reports about his recovery were true. Media scoundrels claimed otherwise. On state television, Villegas said "He's back, He's back. He's back. The ominous voices are defeated. Those who were calling into question the information emitted by the national government with respect to Chavez's health" were wrong. "A terrible machinery was activated to delegitimise, to call into question the information emitted by the national government with respect to Chavez's health"were wrong.