Venezuela’s Vice President Maduro speaks during an interview with the news station Telesur in Havana

Venezuela’s Vice President Maduro speaks during an interview with the news station Telesur in Havana

Venezuela’s Vice President Nicolas Maduro (L) speaks during an interview with the news station Telesur in Havana January 1, 2013. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in stable condition and spent Monday with his daughters, the cancer-stricken leader’s son in law said in an appeal for supporters to ignore rumors about his condition. REUTERS/Foreign Ministry/Temir Porras via Twitter/Handout (CUBA – Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS