Washington, Dec 30(ANI): The US has slammed Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's comments in which he had said the former may be responsible for cancers affecting Latin American leaders.
US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the comments were "horrific and reprehensible", and did not deserve a further response, The BBC reports.
Chavez had said it was "very strange" that he and other leftist leaders were suffering from cancer after Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was diagnosed with the disease.
Chavez said the instances of cancer among Latin American leaders were "difficult to explain using the law of probabilities".
He, however, claimed to be have recovered from cancer after undergoing surgery and chemotherapy in Cuba.
The exact details of his illness have not been made public, which has stoked speculation that his medical condition may be worse than expected.
Paraguay leader Fernando Lugo Paraguay, Dilma Rousseff of Brazil and her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are also suffering from cancer. (ANI)
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