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Venezuela's government has flagged the possibility that Chavez will miss his January 10 swearing-in ceremony.

Public New Year's Eve celebrations have been called off in Venezuela as Hugo Chavez struggles to recover from a cancer operation in Cuba.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has a fight on his hands as he recovers from his fourth cancer surgery since mid-2011.

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