In an exclusive LIGNET interview, Otto Reich, President Ronald Reagan’s ambassador to Venezuela and former assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs, said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s newly named successor was significant not just because Chavez had never named a successor before, but because the choice was clearly made to ensure that Venezuela continues to serve as an economic lifeline to Cuba.

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According to the News, it does not seem likely that Hugo Chavez is going to make it this time out of Cuba. There will be disturbances on January 10th, 2013 if he does not appear for the swearing in of his mandate. New elections may be called….