Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro (left) embraces National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello during the assembly inauguration in Caracas January 5, 2013.

Venezuela lawmakers elect Chavez ally as assembly chief

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CARACAS - Venezuelan lawmakers re-elected a staunch ally of Hugo Chavez to head the National Assembly on Saturday, putting him in line to be caretaker president if Chavez does not recover from cancer surgery. By choosing the incumbent, Diosdado Cabello, the "Chavista"-dominated legislature cemented the combative ex-soldier's position as the third most powerful figure in the government, after Chavez...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says on Saturday he would undergo another cancer operation in the coming days after doctors in Cuba found a third recurrence of malignant cells in his pelvic area. (file photo)

Ahad , 09 Dec 2012, 20:14 WIB

Wow... A bus driver to be Chavez' successor