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July 20, 2011

Venezuela Without Chavez

Roger Noriega, Miami Herald

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Doctors treating Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez for cancer told him weeks ago that he has only a 50 percent chance of living another 18 months, according to sources close to his medical team in Cuba. Members of Chvez's inner circle are scrambling now to ensure a succession of power to the leader's older brother, Adan.

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