The new Venezuelan Interior Minister Luis Miquilena (L) speaks in Caracas while Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waits to sign the new constitution in this file photo taken in November 19, 1999. Miquilena was chosen by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez February 4, 2001. Miquilena, an octogenarian politician was the architect of Chavez's Fifth Republic Movement and was the Interior Minister at the start of Chavez's term.

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