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Chavez returns to Venezuela after chemotherapy treatment

By the CNN Wire Staff
Hugo Chavez salutes from a balcony of the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on July 28.
Hugo Chavez salutes from a balcony of the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on July 28.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • State-run VTV reports Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's return
  • "Good morning, beloved homeland," Chavez posts on Twitter
  • The Venezuelan president has not specified what type of cancer he has
  • He has gone to Cuba for two rounds of chemotherapy
RELATED TOPICS
  • Hugo Chavez
  • Venezuelan Politics
  • Cuba
  • Cancer

(CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned to his country after undergoing a second round of chemotherapy in Cuba, state media reported Sunday.

State broadcaster VTV showed images of the leader's return. A group of government ministers were among those who greeted him at the airport.

"Good morning, beloved homeland," Chavez posted on his Twitter account Sunday.

"What a beautiful full moon greeted us at midnight," he added.

Chavez announced in June that doctors in Cuba had removed a cancerous tumor from his body, but he has not specified what type of cancer he has.

He has returned to the island nation for two rounds of chemotherapy.