Comment on Hugo Chavez’s long absence spurs succession talk in Venezuela

Hugo Chavez’s long absence spurs succession talk in Venezuela

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez typically gives hours of televised speeches a week but for two weeks he has disappeared from public view, undergoing an emergency operation in Cuba and prompting swirling speculation in the country’s political class about who might succeed him should he die. The government has treated the president’s departure since June 10 as a state secret, providing scant details about his condition.

 

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