The former president is being hydrated intravenously and will remain hospitalized, confirmed his personal doctor, Raquel Penone.

Mujica has problems eating due to the fibrosis caused by the radiotherapy he underwent for esophageal cancer.

After completing 30 sessions of treatment, and after some tests, Penone said that the cancer had been cured and there was no evidence of tumor in other organs.

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