Venezuelan Government Says Hugo Chavez Won't Be Able to Attend Scheduled Swearing-In Venezuela's opposition leader Henrique Capriles holds up a miniature copy of the national constitution during a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Capriles said that the Supreme Court should rule in a dispute between the opposition and President Hugo Chavez's government over whether the ailing leader's inauguration can legally be postponed. Capriles said the constitution is clear that the current presidential term ends on Jan. 10. Chavez remains in Havana after undergoing his fourth cancer surgery on Dec. 11 and hasn't spoken publicly in a month. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) Close Venezuelan government says Hugo Chavez won't be able to attend scheduled swearing-in.