A woman walks past a graffiti depicting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Caracas Janaury 7, 2013. Chavez's formal swearing-in for a new six-year term scheduled for Jan 10 can be postponed if he is unable to attend due to his battle to recover from cancer surgery, Venezuela's vice-president Nicolas Maduro said. Maduro's comments were the clearest indication yet that the Venezuelan government is preparing to delay the swearing-in while avoiding naming a replacement for Chavez or calling a new election in the South American OPEC nation.[Photo/Agencies]
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