Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Feb. 18 returned to Venezuela from Cuba to continue treatment for cancer, Bloomberg reported.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition has worsened following a Dec. 11 operation in Havana, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said Dec. 30 in a televised address, Telegraph reported Dec. 31.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's condition is "complex" and delicate after his latest surgery in Cuba, Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro said Dec. 12, Reuters reported.

Syrian President Bashar al Assad is considering seeking political asylum in Latin America for himself, his family and his associates if forced to flee Damascus, an unnamed source in Caracas said Dec. 5, Haaretz reported.

Iran will host 30 leaders at the Non-Aligned Movement summit Aug. 26-31, including Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, Cuban President Gen. Raul Castro, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, AFP reported Aug. 22. North Korea's Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, will also attend. Reuters reported that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon would attend, a spokesman for Iran's U.N. mission said. Israeli and U.S. officials previously made statements encouraging Ban not to attend.