Chavez returns to Venezuela after latest round of treatment April 12, 2012 -- Updated 0422 GMT (1222 HKT) Chavez has spent 38 days in Cuba in 2012 He had been in the island nation since Sunday, undergoing cancer treatment His return to Venezuela comes as the country marks the anniversary of a coup (CNN) -- President Hugo Chavez returned home to Venezuela late Wednesday after his latest round of cancer treatment in Cuba. The Venezuelan leader greeted well-wishers at an airport in Caracas, waving, shaking hands and kissing some on the cheek before he was whisked away to the Miraflores presidential palace. Unlike his previous arrivals from Cuba, Chavez didn't spend time on the tarmac answering questions at length. His return to Venezuela comes as the country marks the anniversary of a 2002 coup that briefly removed Chavez from power. I said to them: This is not a disarmed revolution," a Twitter post on the president's official account said. Since the beginning of the year, Chavez has spent 38 days in Havana. Speaking at a Mass in his home state of Barinas last week, he teared up at times as he discussed his struggle with illness.