A picture dated 02/06/11 shows The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, using a cane due to his recent knee injury, down the stairs to the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, while awaiting the arrival of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (not the image). According to statements by the Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro in the media today, President Chavez would have operated in Havana, Cuba, a pelvic abscess and stay there, at rest, with some family and some of its executive train . CARLOS HERNANDEZ)/(dpa