Chavez Illness Sparks Fears of Vacuum for Oil Exporter

Posted on January 15, 2013 at 05:04 AM EST

In Venezuela politics and oil have become inseparable. But Hugo Chavez' health problems have sparked fears of a political vacuum in the oil-rich country that could jeopardize a multi-trillion dollar crude industry.

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