In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office Sunday March 4, 2012, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, salutes various government ministers during a televised speech at an undisclosed location in Havana, Cuba, Saturday March 3, 2012. Chavez appeared Sunday on television for the first time in nine days during which he underwent surgery in Cuba to remove a tumor. Chavez spoke firmly in footage recorded Saturday in Havana. The framed images hanging on the wall behind Chavez are of Venezuela's independence hero Simon Bolivar, right, and Cuban national hero and poet Jose Marti, left. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office, Marcelo Garcia) Photo: Marcelo Garcia / AP