The Year Ahead in Latin America
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is struggling to recover from a fourth cancer operation and officials describe his situation as “delicate.”
Julia Sweig, of the Council on Foreign Relations, says it’s unlikely Chavez will be able to attend the swearing in for his fourth term in office slated for January 10th.
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Sweig about that and the other main news stories from Latin America at the start of 2013.
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