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Venezuela VP visits ailing Chavez

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Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez , left, talks Saturday with Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro, center, as Venezuelan Attorney General Cilia Flores watches at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana.

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Vice President Nicholas Maduro is the highest ranking Venezuelan official to visit Chavez since the surgery.