updated 12/11/2012 9:08:09 PM ET 2012-12-12T02:08:09

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's cancer operation on Tuesday was a complete success, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said.

In a broadcast on state TV, Maduro said the surgery in Cuba was complicated and had lasted more than six hours.

(Reporting by Daniel Wallis; Editing by Peter Cooney)

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