Venezuela VP: Chavez can delay oath and stay in power

Venezuela's Vice-President has insisted that Hugo Chavez can remain the country's leader even if he is too ill to attend his swearing-in ceremony next week.

President Chavez is in Cuba struggling to recover from his latest round of surgery to treat cancer.

In a television interview, Nicolas Maduro said the constitution allows the President to be sworn in by the Supreme Court at a later date.

Sarah Grainger reports.