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PBS NewsHour | Venezuela Confronts Political Uncertainty With Ailing Chavez | PBS

Duration: 08:08
Program: PBS NewsHour #10539
Broadcast Date: Jan. 10, 2013

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was set to be sworn in after winning re-election, but the leader instead remained in Cuba where he had been getting treatment for cancer. Ray Suarez reports on how that country is preparing for the potential of a power struggle amid intense secrecy over the president's health.

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Post Date: January 10, 2013