When Needed, Ex-Bus Driver Could Succeed Chavez

by Juan Forero, NPR

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won't be back for Thursday's inauguration. He's too sick after undergoing surgery for cancer in Cuba. If, in the end, he doesn't return, Chavez has said his successor should be Nicolas Maduro, who went from bus driver to union leader to vice president.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, January 10, 2013