Chávez Heart Attack: Venezuelan President's Last Words Reportedly 'I Don't Want To Die'

Hugo Chávez fought until the end, even when there was nothing that could be done. As the Venezuelan President exhaled his last breath on Tuesday, he mouthed the words "I don't want to die. Please don't let me die," a close source revealed.

General Jose Ornella explained that "he couldn't speak, but said it with his lips ... He loved his country, he sacrificed himself for his country."

Hugo Chávez, 58, had been battling an unspecified cancer in the pelvic region for the last two year, and traveled to Cuba regularly to receive treatment. However, the Venezuelan government says that the ultimate cause of Chávez's death was a massive heart attack.

General Ornella said Chávez's cancer was very advanced when death came, but gave no further details on whether it had spread to his lungs.

The government had announced the eve of his death that the president contracted a new respiratory infection. It was the second lung problem officials reported after Chávez underwent his fourth and final cancer surgery in Cuba on Dec. 11. During the first one, doctors implanted a tracheal tube to ease breathing, but it helped little.

Ornella said that Chávez had "the best" doctors from all over the world but they never discussed the president's health in front of him.

Many speculations surrounding Chávez's death had been going around since the president's passing. Rumors on the exact location and date of Chávez's date have spread quickly, with some pointing out that he might have died last month and arguing over whether he passed in his home country or Cuba.

But the most debated of the theories goes on to analyze if the death was actually intentionally caused by an "enemy of the regime." Hours before Chávez passed on Tuesday, the government was already pointing out at foreign involvement in the president's condition, arguing that he had been poisoned. Officials went as far as expelling Air Force attaché David Del Monaco for alleged "implication in conspiratorial plans."

Ornella echoed this theory, and assured that "in 50 years, they will declassify a document that I think will show the hand of the enemy is involved."

The general also said that Chávez had known how little time he had for a while: "When he spoke to his people on Dec. 8, he knew there was very little hope he would make it."

"He suffered a lot," he added.

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