President Hugo Chavez is being operated in Havana

Venezuelan President  Hugo Chavez "is being operated right now," said RafaelCorrea told reporters during a conference in the city of Tolcán, which also involved his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos." It's happening the hardest moments of his life my dear friend and colleague, Commander Hugo Chavez.'s being operated right now. A very delicate operation , "said Correa.  "Our hearts and our solidarity with him," he added. For hours the operation was speculation the Venezuelan president, who traveled to Havana, Cuba, especially for treatment suffering from cancer for a year and a half. Chavez is undergoing its fourth surgery due to this disease, as announced last Saturday when he reported that malignant cells in his body. Doctors  have advised him not to do it, but the president decided that you will have surgery anyway. Having been to Cuba to receive hyperbaric oxygen treatment against the side effects of radiation, the president had returned to Caracas on Friday surprise  past. On national television, the minister of information and communication Ernesto Villegas read an official statement that confirms that President Chavez is operated on Tuesday December 11. The president  asked permission from the National Assembly  of absence and urged the public to give their support to the Vice President and Foreign Minister  Nicolas Maduro for "if something happens". He also requested that, if repeated presidential elections, the people vote for Maduro to continue "with the Bolivarian revolution." "You have to give continuity to the project," he said. For the first time, Chavez raised the possibility of its disappearance . The tone of the speech on Saturday sparked concern across the region. The main leaders of  Latin America  showed their support and  wished him a "speedy recovery". As established in the Constitution,  in the event that there is a "total lack" of the president, either by impeachment or physical disappearance, before taking possession or in the first four years of the six-long mandate, shall be hold elections within 30 days.