A man stands near pictures of Argentine revolution leader Che Guevara and Venezuela's late president Hugo Chavez in Havana May 23, 2013. Sentence under Chavez's picture reads: "Our best friend".
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (L) embraces National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello while speaking to Defense Minister Diego Molero (R) in the island of La Orchila May 22, 2013. A recording released by Venezuela's opposition purportedly revealing graft and conspiracy in the ruling Socialist Party has stirred a new political storm in the OPEC nation's already traumatic transition after the death of Hugo Chavez. Opposition leaders on Monday played an hour long, expletive-laced diatribe in which a man identified as powerful state TV commentator Mario Silva lambastes party heavyweight Cabello.
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud (R) greets Algerian President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika (L), with Saudi Defence Minister Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud in the background, upon his arrival for a two-day OPEC summit in Riyadh, 17 November 2007. OPEC heads of state met in Riyadh today for a rare summit, with the organisation divided over the falling US dollar and attempts to give a political impetus to the oil-exporting cartel. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez took the podium for the opening as he joined fellow leaders from OPEC oil-exporting countries for only the third gathering of heads of state in the organisation's 47-year history.
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (L) greets Venevision owner and media mogul Gustavo Cisneros during a meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas May 20, 2013. A portrait of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hangs on the wall on left.
Venezuela's then President Hugo Chavez (R) appears on the "La Hojilla" night television show with anchor Mario Silva on the state-run channel, to promote his constitutional reform in Caracas, in this file picture taken November 24, 2007. The Venezuelan opposition on May 20, 2013 made serious accusations of corruption in the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, contained in an audio recording of a conversation supposedly between Silva, an influential pro-government television commentator, and a Cuban intelligence agent.
View of a mask representing deceased Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez which is placed in a corridor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Caracas on May, 16, 2013.
