No Chavez running mate in Venezuela despite cancer
CARACAS, Venezuela – When he takes the stage at campaign rallies, Hugo Chavez stands alone.
Under Venezuela's election system, presidential hopefuls don't choose running mates, and that raises few eyebrows in normal years.
But this has not been a normal year. President Chavez has been fighting a mysterious cancer, and the lack of a prospective No. 2 has left voters wondering who in fact would take over were Chavez to win next month's elections but be forced to leave office prematurely.
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