I think this is because of his health , '' Cortes said . State media : Hugo Chavez will receive several sessions of hyperbaric oxygen therapy . Chavez is in Cuba for `` medical treatments , '' state media reports . The president says he is cancer-free , but some doubt that . Venezuela has been under a state-imposed economic blockade since 2002 after the government nationalized its oil industry and began to ration food supplies as part of an effort to reduce inflation.
State media : Hugo Chavez will receive several sessions of hyperbaric oxygen therapy . Chavez is in Cuba for `` medical treatments , '' state media reports . The president says he is cancer-free , but some doubt that . Venezuela has been under a state-imposed economic blockade since 2002 after the government nationalized its oil industry and began to ration food supplies as part of an effort to reduce inflation.