Chavez swearing in could be delayed

Venezuela: Venezuela’s ruling party and an opposition leader were in rare agreement on Monday that President Hugo Chavez’s January 10 inauguration could be delayed if he is still recovering from cancer surgery. The firebrand leftist leader is experiencing a “slight improvement” in his condition as he follows doctors’ orders to rest following his most recent operation in Cuba, Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said.

Speaking in a radio and television address, Villegas said the president is in touch with his closest relatives and has been analyzing the results of regional elections on December 16, in which the ruling party won 20 of 23 governorships, snatching four states previously held by the opposition.

AFP