Venezuelan President's brother insists Chavez on the mend

The older brother of Venezuela’s ailing president Hugo Chavez is stressing some medical facts about him while lashing out at various areas of the media. James Blears reports.

Adan Chavez who's the Governor of Barinas State, flatly denies his Brother Hugo the President is in a coma, and insists his condition is improving daily. Nothing has been heard from Hugo, since his fourth cancer operation on December 11th, and it's not known how he's currently coping with a severe post operative lung infection, which is probably pneumonia.

Adan is accusing certain sectors of the foreign media of teaming up with Venezuela's opposition coalition in a dirty war against his younger brother.

Nicolas Maduro, who's Venezuela's Vice President and Hugo Chavez's hand picked successor, has again been in Cuba to visit him. Venezuela's Supreme Court has ruled that Hugo Chavez can take the oath of office at a later date. He was re-elected last October to serve another six year term.

Listen to James Blears' report: