Venezuela assembly meets amid Chavez health crisis
- Published: 4 Jan 2013 at 11.45
- Online news: World
Venezuelan lawmakers gathered Saturday for a key leadership vote and debate as President Hugo Chavez's battle with cancer appeared almost certain to delay his swearing-in for a new six year term.
A boy walks near a poster with the image of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the "23 de Enero" slum in Caracas on January 4, 2013. Venezuelan lawmakers gathered Saturday for a key leadership vote and debate as Chavez's battle with cancer appeared almost certain to delay his swearing-in for a new six year term.
Hundreds of supporters, dressed in the flaming red of his socialist revolution, chanted for Chavez outside the National Assembly in a show of unity during a period of high uncertainty about the country's future.
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