Chavez ‘preparing for the worst’ as he flies to Cuba for emergency cancer surgery

But critics accuse him of authoritarian instincts, mismanaging the economy and
squandering billions of dollars of oil revenues. His stridently anti-Western
foreign policy and vigorous promotion of his “Bolivarian revolution”
has left him with few allies aside from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of
Iran.

Mr Chavez faces re-election in October after more than 13 years in power. For
the first time, opposition parties have united behind a single candidate,
Henrique Capriles, and opinion polls suggest the race will be close. If Mr
Chavez’s health worsens, he may be unable to seek another term and a looming
transfer of power is rapidly becoming the dominant issue in Venezuelan
politics.

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