Venezuela: Chavez's Health and a Potential Power Struggle

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's older brother, Adan Chavez, is rumored to be preparing to take charge in Caracas as the president continues recuperating from an apparently serious medical condition. The president has used divisions between factions in his regime and the threat of an armed citizens' militia to maintain power in Caracas. While he remains hospitalized in Cuba, those factions could begin positioning themselves to attempt to take over, though a lack of broad popular support would complicate any attempted coup.