Buenos Aires: An operation to remove a cancerous tumour from Argentine President Cristina Fernandez's thyroid gland has been completed "without problems or complications", the government said.The 58-year-old president awoke shortly after Wednesday's three-hour-long procedure and is scheduled to receive the "usual post-operative care", according to the medica... Read more
Buenos Aires: Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and will undergo surgery on January 4, her spokesman says. VIDEOKirchner, who was sworn in for a second fou... Read more
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, who is on two-nation tour to South America, had a one-on-one meeting with Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner durin... Read more
Caracas, Dec 27 (IANS/EFE) Venezuela's vice president said Wednesday that head of state Hugo Chavez, now recovering in Cuba from his fourth cancer surgery in 18 months, remains undaunted by his illne... Read more
Caracas, March 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as acting president Friday despite the Opposition saying such a move was in violation of the country's consti... Read more
Bogota, Oct 4 (IANS) Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was recovering Wednesday following a successful surgery to remove a cancerous prostate tumor, his doctor said.
The surgery was performed u... Read more
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has thyroid cancer and will undergo surgery next month, her government said on Tuesday, adding that the cancerous cells had not spread. Read more
Caracas, March 6 (IANS) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lost his battle with cancer Tuesday at the age of 58. He died in a military hospital in Caracas, Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced on na... Read more
Islamabad, May 9 (IANS) Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday condemned the kidnapping of the son of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani after an attack on a political gathering, a presid... Read more