Well-known opposition leader JJ Rendon asked to analyze unusual speech presented by Hugo Chavez Frias on CNN Espanol (www.cnn.com) CARACAS, Venezuela and WASHINGTON, July 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following a rather unusual and alarming press conference held in an undisclosed location by Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez Frias concerning his health and his diagnosis of cancer, leading political strategist and Venezuelan JJ Rendon (Juan Jose Rendon) was asked to present a full analysis of this historic moment on CNN.

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By Ian James Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela -- In gracefully accepting his first electoral defeat, Hugo Chavez is casting himself as a true democrat and deflecting charges of despotism from Washington and critics at home.