Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned to Cuba for a third round of radiotherapy to treat a recurrence of his cancer.
President Chavez announced his departure from Caracas in a Twitter message sent from the airport.
"Heading for Havana with faith in Resurrected Christ. We'll keep living and keep winning!"
President Chavez had surgery in February to remove a second tumour from his pelvic area.
The President told Venezuelans he was returning to Cuba for more treatment after an emotional plea for his life at an Easter mass.
Tearful plea
Speaking through tears in his hometown of Barinas, he asked Jesus to give him more time because he had "things left to do".
"Give me your crown, Christ, give it to me, I will bleed, give me your cross, a hundred crosses, but give me life, because I still have things left to do for the (Venezuelan) people and for the homeland," he said during Thursday night's mass.
He later said it had been "a spontaneous, sentimental thing" brought about by the presence of his family next to him at the mass.
"My mum gave me her hand with such tenderness, and Dad gave me his... and because of this, tears rolled down my face", he said.
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