Chávez Can Remain Outside Venezuela for Months, Vice President Says

[naaman fletcher]

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez, who shocked the nation by revealing that he had a cancerous tumor removed and would “continue battling,” could legally keep governing Venezuela from his seclusion in Cuba for as long as six months if necessary, his vice president said Friday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/world/americas/02venez.html

Let's hope there are no natural disasters that require Chavez's presence in the cabinet.